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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1907 



Modern Plumbing 

 Illustrated 



By R. M. STARBUCK 



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55 Full Pages of 

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^ A comprehensive and 

 up-to-date work illus- 

 trating and describing 

 the Drainage and Ven- 

 tilation of Dwellings, 

 Apartments and Public 

 Buildings, etc. The 

 very latest and most ap- 

 proved methods in all 

 branches of Sanitary In- 

 stallation are given. 



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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 

 Roug:hing — 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 



PUimbing for Apartment Houses 



Plumbing for Office Building 



PUimbing 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 



Summer-time Short Stories 



August is the best month of the year for fiction and for an array of splendid, 

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The list of authors' names is notable and their work diversified in interest. 



GEORGIA WOOD PANGBORN CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY 



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Th 



BROUGHTON BRANDENBURG 



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thrills you by mingling the real and the 

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OWEN OLIVER writes a real love 

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ELEANOR HOYT BRAINERD continues her delightful " Letters of a 

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Broadway Articles of Country-wide Interest 



Leading for August is a vivid character sketch of August Belmont, the enigma of 

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Then, as seasonable ofTerings, " The Midsummer Madness of Society " by Forrest 

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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. 

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The Use, Cost and Efficiency of 

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are ably explained by H. Diedrichs in Scientific 

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The Production of Industrial Alcohol 

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are treated at length in Scientific American 

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 given of the cost of manufacturing alcohol 

 from farm products and using it in engines. 



French Methods of Denaturization 



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How Industrial Alcohol is Made and 

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 of the Scientific American. 



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explaining thoroughly the chemical principles 

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