Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People, Volume 22Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1881 - American literature |
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Page 33
... means only that portion of London which stretches easterly from Chancery Lane and the Temple to the Minories and Tower Hill , its northern limit being Holborn and the line of the old London Wall , with the Thames on its southern border ...
... means only that portion of London which stretches easterly from Chancery Lane and the Temple to the Minories and Tower Hill , its northern limit being Holborn and the line of the old London Wall , with the Thames on its southern border ...
Page 52
... means of education that he stipulated that his page , George Stephens , should work at the printer's trade two years before attending school , in order that " he might ascertain how little he really knew , and how impor- tant it was to ...
... means of education that he stipulated that his page , George Stephens , should work at the printer's trade two years before attending school , in order that " he might ascertain how little he really knew , and how impor- tant it was to ...
Page 69
... means remove , their inherent foulness . The rocky sites , with proper attention to the drainage of foundations and cellars , and with an amount of care that is rarely , if ever , expended in excluding soil moisture , need not be ...
... means remove , their inherent foulness . The rocky sites , with proper attention to the drainage of foundations and cellars , and with an amount of care that is rarely , if ever , expended in excluding soil moisture , need not be ...
Page 71
... means generally controlled by the obvious engineering re- quirements of the locality . The greatest improvement undertaken during this period was the adoption of the egg - shaped section ( four feet high , two feet eight inches wide ) ...
... means generally controlled by the obvious engineering re- quirements of the locality . The greatest improvement undertaken during this period was the adoption of the egg - shaped section ( four feet high , two feet eight inches wide ) ...
Page 72
... means for ventilating them the entirely trivial device of covering their infrequent man - holes with slightly perforated covers . That some immunity is thus secured against the pressure given to the atmosphere of the sewer by a rapid ...
... means for ventilating them the entirely trivial device of covering their infrequent man - holes with slightly perforated covers . That some immunity is thus secured against the pressure given to the atmosphere of the sewer by a rapid ...
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