Healthy foundation s for houses

Glenn Brown

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FOUNDATIONSlALTHYI
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HOUSES.
GLENN BROWN,
AssociateAmerican Institute Architects.! Architect^ of
He who builds a fair house on an ill
scat oommitteth himself to BACON.prison/'
F,NOTNFET;FKOM THE "SANITARY .")
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NEW YOKE:
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I). \VAN NOSTRAND, PUBLISHER,
.MUKRAY AMI) 27 WARREN STREETS.
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1885.VVAN NOSTRAND'S SERIES.SCIENCE
No. 1. CHIMNEYS FOR FIRE-FURNACES,
AND STEAM BOILERS.PLACES, By
R. C. E.ARMSTRONG,
ZE-No. 2. STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS. By
RAH COLBURN.
No. 3. OF RETAIN-PRACTICAL DESIGNING
ING ARTHUR A. B.WALLS. JACOB,By
No. 4. PROPORTIONS OF PINS USED IN
BRIDGES. CHARLES C. E.BENDER,By
No. 5. VENTILATION OF BUILDINGS. W.By
F. BUTLER.
No. 6.-ONTHE DESIGNINGAND CONSTRUC-
TION OF STORAGE RESERVOIRS.
A. B.ARTHURBy JACOB,
No. 7. SURCHARGED AND DIFFERENT
FORMS OF RETAINING WALLS.
JAMES S. C. E.TATE,By
No. 8. A TREATISE ON THE COMPOUND
ENGINE. Jr.JOHNBy TURNBULL,
No. 9. FUEL. C. WILLIAM D. C. LSIEMENS,By /
to which is the VALUEappended O]/
ARTIFICIAL FUELS AS COMPARE"/
WITH COAL. JOHN C. dWORMALD,By
No. 10. COMPOUND ENGINES. Translated fj I a
the French of A. MALLET. With Illust; Ca-
tions.
No. 11. THEORY OF ARCHES. PROF. W.By
ALLAN.
No. 12. A THEORY OF VOUSSOIR AR CHES.
PROF. W. E. CATX.By
MET IN COALNo. 13. GASES WITH MINES.
J. J. ATKINSON.By
'
No. U. FRICTION OF AIR IN MINES. J. J-By
ATKINSON.
f
-SKEWNo. 15. ARCHES. PROP. E./W. HYDE,By
C. E. Illustrated. /
ANo. 16. GRAPHICMETHOD FOR^SOLVING
CERTAIN ALGEBRAICML EQUA-
TIONS. PROF. L. VOSKBy GEORGE
With Illustrations.SERIES.VAN
NOSTRAND^JCIENCE
>. 17. WATER AND WATER SUPPLY. By
H. M. of thePROF. W. CORFIELD, A.,
London.University College,
SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE UTILI-18.
ZATION. PROF. W. H. CORFIELD,By
M. of the Lon-A., College,University
don.
19.-STRENGTH OF BEAMS UNDER
LOADS. PROF.TRANSVERSE By
"
Author of ofW. ALLEN, Theory
Arches." With Illustrations.
20. BRIDGE AND TUNNEL CENTRES.
JOHN B. C. E. WithBy MCMASTERS,
Illustrations.
RICHARD21. SAFETY VALVES. H.By
C. E. With Illustrations.BUEL,
22. HIGH MASONRY DAMS. JOHN B.By
C. E. With Illustrations.MCMASTERS,
FATIGUE OF METALS23. THE UNDER
REPEATED with variousSTRAINS,
Tables of Results of FromExperiments.
the German of PROF. LUDWIG SPANGEN-
BERG. Witli a Preface S. H.by SHREVE,
A. M. With Illustrations,
o. 24. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE
TEETH OF with Theo-WHEELS, the
of the Use of Robinson's Odonto-ry
S. W. Prof, ofROBINSON,By
fraph.lechauioal Illinois In-Engineering.
dustrial University.
25. THEORYio. AND CALCULATIONS OF
CONTINUOUS BRIDGES. MANS-By
FIELD C. E. With Illustra-MERRIMAN,
tions.
'So. 26. PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE
PROPERTIES OF CONTINUOUS
BRIDGES. CHARLES C. E .By BENDER,
No. 27. ON BOILER INCRUSTATION AND
CORROSION. F. J. ROWAN.ByHEALTHY FOUNDATIONS
FOR
HOUSES.
51 I IL,LUSTRATIONS.
GLENN BROWN,
American InstituteAssociate ofArchitects.Architect,
" He who builds a fair house on an ill
seat committeth himself to BACON.prison."
FROM THE "SANITARY ENGINEER.")(REPRINTED
NEW YORK:
D. VAN NOSTRAND, PUBLISHER,
23 MURRAY AND 27.WARREN STREETS.
1885.PREFACE.
THE small work is afollowing reprint
inof a serial thepaperpublished Sanitary
the 1884.Engineer during year
All the illustrations are fromengraved
themade for these articlesdrawings by
author.
New matter and illustrationshave been
it was the value ofadded where thought
the book would be increased thereby.
of with an index toA table contents,
the illustrations has been andwritten,
and corrected.the text revised
Technical terms and have beenphrases
where so theavoided, possible, essaymay
be read by any intelligentprofitably
householder.
and others ex-I that architectshope
in sanitation findpert may something
in itsor of valuenew, pages.interesting
GLENN BROWN.
D.WASHINGTON, C.,
607 La. Ave.,
1885.