Miscellaneous publication (United States Public Health Service.) no. 17-19, 1918, Issues 17-19Public Health Service, 1919 |
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... conditions . The following table , taken from the transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society gives the minimum permissible and the desirable intensities which should be maintained : Foot candles at the work . Ordinary Minimum ...
... conditions . The following table , taken from the transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society gives the minimum permissible and the desirable intensities which should be maintained : Foot candles at the work . Ordinary Minimum ...
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... condition see page 172. It is the combination of heat and FIG . 8. - Sling psy- chrometer . moisture which makes the air intolerable . A man can stand without discomfort a much higher room temperature if the air is dry . The high ...
... condition see page 172. It is the combination of heat and FIG . 8. - Sling psy- chrometer . moisture which makes the air intolerable . A man can stand without discomfort a much higher room temperature if the air is dry . The high ...
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... condition . It may increase the tendency to catch cold or to have pneumonia . When the body is hot there is a large quantity of blood in the ves- sels of the surface of the body . Cold air suddenly thrown upon the skin causes these ...
... condition . It may increase the tendency to catch cold or to have pneumonia . When the body is hot there is a large quantity of blood in the ves- sels of the surface of the body . Cold air suddenly thrown upon the skin causes these ...
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... conditions in a room heated by a stove are not as good as when a fireplace is used . An extremely poisonous gas , known as carbon monoxide ( p . 22 ) , may be produced in stoves in which combustion is incomplete and may pass out of ...
... conditions in a room heated by a stove are not as good as when a fireplace is used . An extremely poisonous gas , known as carbon monoxide ( p . 22 ) , may be produced in stoves in which combustion is incomplete and may pass out of ...
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... conditions may be avoided by nct allowing stoves to become too hot , by seeing that there are no cracks in the fire box , and by not completely closing the dampers . A gas stove or water heater should have a hood over it connected by a ...
... conditions may be avoided by nct allowing stoves to become too hot , by seeing that there are no cracks in the fire box , and by not completely closing the dampers . A gas stove or water heater should have a hood over it connected by a ...
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