Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Том 8Neill & Company, 1873 Vol. 1- includes the proceedings of the society. |
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... pipes ; the storage requires the construction of large dams or reser- voirs , and these imply the expenditure of much labour and capital . If the water - works be executed by enterprising speculators or by private companies , these must ...
... pipes ; the storage requires the construction of large dams or reser- voirs , and these imply the expenditure of much labour and capital . If the water - works be executed by enterprising speculators or by private companies , these must ...
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... pipes to the several districts . By this means , whether the supply be abundant or defective , the various mahals are rateably supplied , and no one district can have a complaint against another . The place where the division takes ...
... pipes to the several districts . By this means , whether the supply be abundant or defective , the various mahals are rateably supplied , and no one district can have a complaint against another . The place where the division takes ...
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... pipe open , or by deranging the waste - pipe in the cistern , will cause a loss sufficient to counteract the carefulness of several hundreds of the neigh- bours . There is here no definite relation between the 68 On the Water Supply of ...
... pipe open , or by deranging the waste - pipe in the cistern , will cause a loss sufficient to counteract the carefulness of several hundreds of the neigh- bours . There is here no definite relation between the 68 On the Water Supply of ...
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... pipe in each house an apparatus by which a certain fixed rate of discharge is secured , so that if the pipe be kept con- stantly running a certain number of gallons shall be de- livered per day . This amount being regulated amply to ...
... pipe in each house an apparatus by which a certain fixed rate of discharge is secured , so that if the pipe be kept con- stantly running a certain number of gallons shall be de- livered per day . This amount being regulated amply to ...
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... pipe capable of delivering the number of gallons daily according to their request , and would charge a water - rate higher in proportion . In this way the payments for water would come virtually to be regulated by the quan- tity which ...
... pipe capable of delivering the number of gallons daily according to their request , and would charge a water - rate higher in proportion . In this way the payments for water would come virtually to be regulated by the quan- tity which ...
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