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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 3 3 Browse Search
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Sometimes called stench-trap. It is an adjunct to a vessel of any kind, such as a washbowl, water-closet bowl, urinal, or sink, which discharges by pipes or sewers up which a current of foul air is liable to pass. Some of them are very simple in their character, and consist of a water-pan in which is submerged the end of the discharge-pipe of the bowl above. This shuts off the passage of air, and an overflow is afforded to the water as it reaches a certain height. Craigie's sink, July 2, 1867, is of this character, and its essential feature has been familiar to builders and housekeepers for many years. In the illustration the novel feature is found in the mode of attaching the trap-cup to the bowl and the discharge-pipe to the bend of the cup. Craigie's sink. Carr, December 6, 1864. A spout, continuous from the bottom of the basin, descends into the water held in a depressed part of the receptacle. The flow of water into the upper part of the basin is regulated by a