Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances . Fig. 91.—Types of lavatory plumbingnot now used in good practice. Wash Stands and Lavatories.—Wash stands for bathrooms areobtainable in many forms, either plain or ornate, to suit everycondition and style of architectural 4^^^^^^^^^ IH*^ % ^ ..-/ i r w^ Fig. 92.—Enameled iron wallwash basin. Fig. 93.—Enameled iron pedestalwash basin. They are made in marble, porcelain and cMianielod iron, thelast being the most commonly used. They are made to suit thepart of the room to b
Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances . Fig. 91.—Types of lavatory plumbingnot now used in good practice. Wash Stands and Lavatories.—Wash stands for bathrooms areobtainable in many forms, either plain or ornate, to suit everycondition and style of architectural 4^^^^^^^^^ IH*^ % ^ ..-/ i r w^ Fig. 92.—Enameled iron wallwash basin. Fig. 93.—Enameled iron pedestalwash basin. They are made in marble, porcelain and cMianielod iron, thelast being the most commonly used. They are made to suit thepart of the room to be occupied, whether that is against a wall, 102 MECHANICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD a corner, or to stand on a pedestal on the floor. Those intendedto fasten to the wall may be supported by brackets or suspendedat the back from pieces secured in the wall. In Figs. 90 and 91 are shown samples of marble-finished washbasins. In former years basins of this type were very much inuse, and until the introduction of the modern porcelain and en-ameled ware, it was the highest type of sanitary plumbing. Thewater cocks and traps are of the same style and grade as appearon the most modern examples of enameled ware of Figs. 92,93 and94. The water cocks used in Fig. 90 are of the compression type. All of the others are of the Fullertype. The basin in Fig
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