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MISCELLANEOUS GARDEN STRUCTURES. 



The return-pipe from the cistern is exactly 

 similar, and returns alongside the other, 

 Fig. 681. anc ^ en ters the 



. ; , , boiler near its 



\ jj ! bottom. Thus 



] ;i v we have a rapid 



circulation. A 

 waste pipe emp- 

 ties the boiler, 

 passing under 

 the floor to the 

 outside of the 

 house. Stop- 

 cocks are also 

 placed on the 

 pipes close to 

 the cistern, so that all communication 

 between it and the boiler may be cut 

 off when the hot water is no longer re- 

 quired. Folding wooden doors enclose 

 the bath when in use, and at other times 

 are folded back into a recess in the wall 

 formed for their reception. A cold, tepid, 

 or warm plunge bath may also be taken, 

 as pipes communicate between the cisterns 

 above and the bath beneath, and are re- 

 gulated by stopcocks, so that any quan- 

 tity of hot or cold water may be admitted 

 at pleasure. The washhand-stand is 

 placed at the left-hand side of the closet, 

 or it may be placed in the opposite cor- 

 ner of the bath-room, and supplied with 

 water from the cistern above ; and the 

 chaise pcrcee on the right. The soil-pipe, 

 passing between the floor of the bedroom 

 adjoining and the ceiling of the parlour 

 beneath, is carried through the external 

 wall, and terminates in an air-tight drain, 

 which conveys the contents to a liquid- 

 manure tank at some distance. To pro- 

 vide against a back draught of air, this 

 drain enters the tank close to its bottom, 

 and, besides, has two traps set in it at 

 10 feet distance apart. The proper 

 position for a bath should be in connec- 

 tion with the passages which communi- 

 cate with the various bedrooms, as shown 

 in our figure. Light is admitted through 

 a flat window in the roof of the bath, 1\ 

 feet by 18 inches, which is made to move 

 in a groove. By pulling a cord attached 

 to one end, it opens by running back 

 between the ceiling and floor of the 

 garret, and is shut by pulling another 

 cord in an opposite direction. In the 

 roof over this sliding window is placed 

 a large skylight, by means of which 



abundance of light is thrown in through 

 the day ; and as all the house is lighted 

 with gas, a jet is placed in the bath also. 

 This is a much better way of lighting a 

 bath than having openings in the sides, 

 because it renders the place more private, 

 and completely provides ventilation at 

 the same time. This opening of the 

 window in the roof also answers the pur- 

 pose of opening a communication with 

 the garret above by means of a jointed 

 step ladder, kept folded up in the bath, 

 and is used for this purpose when it is 

 necessary to turn off or on any of the cocks 

 connected with the cisterns placed above. 

 Figs. 682 to 685 shows the details of 

 Fig. 682. 



the bath-room and its conveniences. The 

 following references will more clearly 



Fig. 683. 



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