hapter covering the development of plumbing fixtures, to the
Thomas Maddock's Sons Co., Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co., and The
Trenton Potteries Co.

SAMUEL EDWARD DIBBLE.
PITTSBURGH, _December, 1917_.

CONTENTS

PAGE

PREFACE v

CHAPTER

I. Plumbing Fixtures and Trade 1

II. The Use and Care of the Soldering Iron--Fluxes--Making
Different Soldering Joints 11

III. Mixtures of Solders for Soldering Iron and Wiping--Care
of Solders--Melting Points of Metals and Alloys 21

IV. Making and Caring of Wiping Cloths 24

V. Preparing and Wiping Joints 27

VI. Preparing and Wiping Joints (_Continued_) 37

VII. Laying Terra-cotta and Making Connections to Public
Sewers--Water Connections to Mains in Streets 69

VIII. Installing of French or Sub-soil Drains 82

IX. Storm and Sanitary Drainage with Sewage Disposal in
View 86

X. Soil and Waste Pipes and Vents--Tests 95

XI. House Traps, Fresh-air Connections, Drum Traps, and
Non-syphoning Traps 104

XII. Pipe Threading 110

XIII. Cold-water Supply--Test 118

XIV. Hot-water Heaters--Instantaneous Coil and Storage
Tanks--Return Circulation, Hot-water Lines and Expansion 124

XV. Insulation of Piping to Eliminate Conduction, Radiation,
Freezing and Noise 131

XVI. "Durham" or "Screw Pipe" Work--Pipe and Fittings 134

XVII. Gas Fittings, Pipe and Fittings, Threading, Measuring
and Testing 141

XVIII. Plumbing Codes 153

INDEX 167

ELEMENTS OF PLUMBING

CHAPTER I

PLUMBING FIXTURES AND TRADE

Modern plumbing as a trade is the arranging and ru