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Excerpt from Sanitary Fittings and Plumbing During the last quarter of a century, so many books have been written on the sanitation of build ings that there would be little need for another work on any part of the subject, were it not that sanitary science is still rapidly progressing. New discoveries and inventions are continually pressing for notice, and old problems are being solved in new ways. In this book an attempt has been made to enunciate the general principles now governing the design of sanitary work in buildings, and also to describe and illustrate the most important modern sanitary fittings and the plumber's work in connection with them. No claim is made that the book is exhaustive, but the author ventures to hope that it will prove sufficiently thorough to be of use to the young architect, sanitary engineer, and plumber, and that it may also serve as a guide to the householder in the choice of fittings, and enable him to distinguish good work from bad. The greater part of the book appeared as a series of articles in T/ze Builder during the first half of this year, but fresh matter has been added to render the work more complete. 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.

Excerpt from Lectures on the Science and Art of Sanitary Plumbing When asked by the chairman of the National Health Society, Mr. Ernest Hart, to give a series of lectures on. Plumbing to plumbers, a doubt crossed my mind as to whether we should be able to get a good attendance of plumbers to hear them; for plumbers are, as a class, very inde pendent, and difficult to draw out; they are still more difficult to turn, especially when they have a roll of lead on their shoulders. Therefore, before deciding to deliver these lectures, I asked Mr. Hart to give me a week to think over the matter, and for enquiries to be made of the general London working plumbers, to hear whether they would be likely to attend in any force. I soon found that any doubt as to the interest plumbers would take in these lectures might be instantly removed, and the attendance. 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.