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explain the figure : — a lead soil-pipe of washhand basin, on same principle as 

 water-closet ; b lead standing waste-and- plunge-bath, but smaller ; g lead safe of 

 overflow pipe for plunge-bath ; c supply- washhand basin ; h waste pipe from basin 



and- waste pipe of bath, to join the stand- 

 ing waste-and-overflow pipe ; d cesspool of 

 water-closet ; e cesspool of plunge-bath ; 

 / standing waste-and-overflow pipe of 



into standing waste overflow pipe ; i waste- 

 pipe from safe ; r r the hot and cold cistern 

 in garret ; s shower bath ; q bath ; n hot 

 water ; o cold water • v chaise percee; p waste 

 valve of bath ; r washhand basin ; m stop- 

 cock for supplying basin ; x waste valve of 

 basin. 



Fig. 686 is a design for a gardener's 



Fig. 686. 



house of four rooms and other conve- 

 niences. The situation is to be in the 

 corner of a walled garden, or it may be 

 detached if more desirable. In the ground- 

 plan, fig. 687, there is a porch a ; kitchen 

 b ; parlour c ; back kitchen d ; closet e ; 

 cellar /; pantry g ; water-closet h ; coal- 

 house i ; staircase k, leading to two bed- 

 rooms over b c, and downwards to a cellar 

 underneath. The smaller apartments 

 are attached to the back of the principal 



part of the house by a lean-to. The walls 

 are to be of brick, built hollow, and the 

 flues brought into one chimney. The 

 roof to project over the walls, and be 

 covered with Grecian tiles. The ground- 

 floor to be elevated above the ground- 

 level, and surrounded with a terrace 

 having not less than four steps leading 

 up to it. The parlour to be 11 feet by 

 12 ; the kitchen 12 feet by 12 ; which di- 

 mensions will serve as a scale for the rest. 



