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Vol. 21 / 



No. 19 \ 



THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1880. 



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One volume, 8vo, 228 pp.. 34 illustrations, and one folding map, cloth, $2.50. 



SEWERS AND DRAINS 



POPULOUS DISTRICTS, 



WITH 



RULES AND FORMULAE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THEIR 

 DIMENSIONS UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. 



JULIUS W. ADAMS, C.E. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction. — General Considerations. — The Physical Outlines of the District and the Depth of the 

 Drainage. — Of the Rainfall and the Proportion to be Provided for in the Sewers. — Water Supply. — The Final 

 Disposal of the Sewage. — Proportion of Sewage Plans. — Materials Used in the Construction of Sewers and 

 Their Application. — Foundations. — Appendages to Sewers. — Street Basins. — Tide Valves and Tank Sewers. 

 Storm or Overflow Sewers. — Intercepting Sewers. — Ventilation. — House Drainage. — Main Drainage of 

 London; from a paper to the Institution of Civil Engineers by the Constructing Engineer, Sir Joseph 

 Bazelgette. — Specifications. — Description of Clays Used by the Akron Pipe Company. — Description of Clays 

 Used, and the Method Pursued in the Manufacture of Sewer Pipe in the Neighborhood of N. Y. by (.. W. 

 Rader & Co.— Tables ; Value of " g " by Formula, p. 54 Francis' Hydraulic Experiments for the Sp 

 Latitudes and Heights above the Sea; Loss of Head by Friction of Pipe per 1000 feet on the under-mentioned 

 Sizes, and for the given Velocities, by Darcy's Formula for Pipe, p. 57. 



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