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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  August, 
  1907 
  

  

  Modern 
  I 
  

   Illusti 
  

  

  Mumbing 
  

   'ated 
  

  

  SOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  SUBJECTS 
  TREATED 
  

  

  Connections, 
  sizes 
  and 
  all 
  working 
  data 
  for 
  all 
  

  

  Plumbing 
  Fixtures 
  and 
  Groups 
  of 
  Fixtures 
  

   Traps 
  — 
  Venting 
  

  

  Connecting 
  and 
  Supporting 
  of 
  Soil 
  Pipe 
  

   House 
  Trap 
  and 
  Fresh-Air 
  Inlet 
  

   Floor 
  and 
  Yard 
  Drains, 
  etc. 
  

   Rain 
  Leaders 
  

   Sub-soil 
  Drainage 
  

   Floor 
  Connections 
  

   Roof 
  Connections 
  

   Local 
  Venting 
  

  

  Bath 
  Room 
  Connections 
  [etc. 
  

   Automatic 
  Flushing 
  for 
  Factories, 
  School 
  Houses, 
  

   Use 
  of 
  Flushing 
  Valves 
  

   Modern 
  Fixtures 
  for 
  Public 
  Toilet 
  Rooms 
  

   Durham 
  System 
  

  

  Plumbing 
  Construction 
  without 
  use 
  of 
  Lead 
  

   Automatic 
  Sewage 
  Lift 
  — 
  Sump 
  Tank 
  

   Disposal 
  of 
  Sewage 
  of 
  Underground 
  Floors 
  of 
  

  

  High 
  Buildings 
  

   Country 
  Plumbing 
  

   Cesspools 
  

  

  The 
  Electrolysis 
  of 
  Underground 
  Pipes 
  

   Septic 
  Tanks 
  and 
  Sewage 
  Siphons 
  

   Pneumatic 
  Water 
  Supply, 
  Rams, 
  etc. 
  

   Examples 
  of 
  Poor 
  Practice 
  

   Roughing 
  — 
  Testing 
  

  

  Continuous 
  Venting 
  for 
  all 
  classes 
  of 
  Work 
  

   Circuit 
  and 
  Loop 
  Venting 
  

   Use 
  of 
  Special 
  Waste 
  and 
  Vent 
  Fittings 
  

   Cellar 
  Work 
  

  

  House 
  Drain 
  — 
  House 
  Sewer 
  — 
  Sewer 
  Connections 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Cottage 
  House 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Residence 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Two-Flat 
  House 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Apartment 
  Houses 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Office 
  Building 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Public 
  Toilet 
  Rooms 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Bath 
  Establishment 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Engine 
  Houses 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Stables 
  

   Plumbing 
  for 
  Factories 
  

  

  Plumbing 
  for 
  School 
  Houses, 
  etc. 
  [by 
  Electricity 
  

   Thawing 
  of 
  Underground 
  Mains 
  and 
  Service 
  Pipes 
  

  

  

  

  

  

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  ALCOHOL 
  

  

  ITS 
  MANUFACTURE 
  

   ITS 
  DENATURIZATION 
  

   ITS 
  INDUSTRIAL 
  USE 
  

  

  The 
  Cost 
  of 
  Manufacturing 
  Denatur- 
  

   ized 
  Alcohol 
  in 
  Germany 
  and 
  Ger- 
  

   man 
  Methods 
  of 
  Denaturization 
  

  

  are 
  discussed 
  by 
  Consul-General 
  Frank 
  H. 
  

  

  Mason 
  in 
  Scientific 
  American 
  Supplement 
  1550. 
  

  

  The 
  Use, 
  Cost 
  and 
  Efficiency 
  of 
  

   Alcohol 
  as 
  a 
  Fuel 
  for 
  Gas 
  Engines 
  

  

  are 
  ably 
  explained 
  by 
  H. 
  Diedrichs 
  in 
  Scientific 
  

   American 
  Supplement 
  1596. 
  Many 
  clear 
  dia- 
  

   grams 
  accompany 
  the 
  text. 
  The 
  article 
  con- 
  

   siders 
  the 
  fuel 
  value 
  and 
  physical 
  properties 
  of 
  

   alcohol, 
  and 
  gives 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  alcohol 
  engine 
  

   wherever 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  different 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  

   gasoline 
  or 
  crude 
  oil 
  motor. 
  

  

  The 
  Production 
  of 
  Industrial 
  Alcohol 
  

   and 
  Its 
  Use 
  in 
  Explosive 
  Motors 
  

  

  are 
  treated 
  at 
  length 
  in 
  Scientific 
  American 
  

   Supplement 
  1581, 
  valuable 
  statistics 
  being 
  

   given 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  manufacturing 
  alcohol 
  

   from 
  farm 
  products 
  and 
  using 
  it 
  in 
  engines. 
  

  

  French 
  Methods 
  of 
  Denaturization 
  

  

  constitute 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  article 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  Scientific 
  American 
  Supplement 
  1599. 
  

  

  How 
  Industrial 
  Alcohol 
  is 
  Made 
  and 
  

   Used 
  

  

  is 
  told 
  very 
  fully 
  and 
  clearly 
  in 
  No. 
  3, 
  Vol. 
  95, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Scientific 
  American. 
  

  

  The 
  Most 
  Complete 
  Treatise 
  on 
  the 
  

   Modern 
  Manufacture 
  of 
  Alcohol 
  

  

  explaining 
  thoroughly 
  the 
  chemical 
  principles 
  

   which 
  underlie 
  the 
  process, 
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  phrases, 
  and 
  describing 
  

   and 
  illustrating 
  all 
  the 
  apparatus 
  required 
  in 
  

   an 
  alcohol 
  plant, 
  is 
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  Scientific 
  

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