 | Henry Reid - Cement - 1869 - 150 pages
...the driving wet on the coast, expensive external coverings (weather-slate) are used; but these do not stay the interior rising wet. This wet, having to...expose the system to other passing causes of disease." In London it is admitted that houses, even of the better class, cannot safely be inhabited in less... | |
 | John James Drysdale - 1872 - 174 pages
...slate,' are used. But these do not stay the rising wet. This wet having to be evaporated, lowers the temperature. Damp walls or houses cause rheumatism, lower strength, and expose the human system to other passing causes of disease." — Sanitary Specifications, p. 394 ; Medical Mirror,... | |
 | Percy Gaillemard L. Smith - 1876 - 260 pages
...But these do not stay the 1 Report on Dwellings in (he Paris Exhibition, by Edwin Chadwick, Esq., CB interior rising wet. This wet having to be evaporated...ground under a dwelling with a layer of concrete, in order to prevent the damp and bad air out of the ground from rising into the building. This precaution... | |
 | John James Drysdale, John Williams Hayward - Ventilation - 1890 - 228 pages
...slate,' are used. But these do not stay the rising wet. This wet having to be evaporated, lowers the temperature. Damp walls or houses cause rheumatism, lower strength, and expose the human system to other passing causes of disease." — (Sanitary Specifications, p. 394 ; Medical Mirror,... | |
 | Henry Fidler - Construction industry - 1891 - 322 pages
...driving wet on the coast, expensive external coverings, ' weather slates,' are used. But these do not stay the interior rising wet. This wet having to be...air out of the ground from rising into the building. 2 1 Report on Dwellings in the Paris Exhibition, by Edwin Chadwick, Esq., CB This precaution is, however,... | |
 | Building - 1891 - 324 pages
...driving wet on the coast, expensive external coverings, ' weather slates,' are used. But these do not stay the interior rising wet. This wet having to be...and bad air out of the ground from rising into the building.2 1 Report on Dwellings in the Paris Exhibition, by Edwin Chaclwiek, Esq., CB This precaution... | |
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To guard against the driving wet on the coast, expensive external coverings, ' weather slates,' are used. But these do not stay the interior rising wet. This wet having to be evaporated lowers temperature. Damp walls or houses cause rheumatism, lower... 