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Wholesome houses : a handbook of domestic sanitation and ventilation / by E. Gregson Banner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1882 Banner
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banner, E. Gregson.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--Cars--Heating and ventilation.
- Railroads.
- Sanitation, Household.
- Ventilation.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 124 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Edition:
- New and rev. ed., with a chapter on ventilation of rooms and railway carriages.
- Place of Publication:
- London, E. Stanford, 1882.
- Contents:
- Definition, and short historical sketch of sanitary science
- Sewage: sewer gas and its poisonous and dangerous effects
- The generation of sewer gas, its entrance into houses, and the importace of ventilating house drains and soil pipes
- The banner system
- Water-closets
- Rival systems
- Ventilation of rooms and railway carriages.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- OCLC:
- 14796018
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