Domestic Sanitation and Plumbing, Vol. 2

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Domestic Sanitation and Plumbing, Vol. 2: A Treatise of the Materials, Designs and Methods Used in Sanitary Engineering Manufacture, Jointing and Fixing of Pipes, Sanitary Fittings, Etc.; Water Supply, Domestic Hot-Water Services, Warming and Ventilation of Buildings The encouraging reception which Part I Domestic Sanitation, has met with, and the many eulogistic communications received from all parts of the United Kingdom and from abroad, have caused the author to hope that the scope and usefulness of Part II. Will be proved in like manner. The important principles and details throughout the work are illustrated by diagrams, drawings, and sketches, where possible. In dealing with the various calculations in the hydraulics and heating sections, it has been the author's endeavour to encourage readers to deduce results from first principles. A wider range of action and greater elasticity is discovered with the careful use of known factors than with formulae the con struction of which is often but imperfectly understood. The author's thanks are due to those manufacturers who have kindly lent electros for illustration purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.