Spons' Household Manual by E. & F. N. Spon

1. Rubber cushions under the legs of the work-bench. _Chambers’s

Journal_ describes a factory where the hammering of fifty coppersmiths was scarcely audible in the room below, their benches having under each leg a rubber cushion.

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Chapter 1 Ch.1
1. Rubber cushions under the legs of the work-bench. _Chambers’s Ch.2
2. Kegs of sand or sawdust applied in the same way. A few inches Ch.3
introduction of spongy-iron filter beds at the Antwerp waterworks. Ch.4
24. The sewage flows into the air chamber formed by the half-open Ch.5
2. In the absence of a fire-escape, or pending its arrival, ladders Ch.6
3. In a narrow street or court assistance may be given from the Ch.7
4. When no other means present themselves the bystanders had better Ch.8
5. Do not give vent to the fire by breaking into the house Ch.9
2. Inmates at the first alarm should endeavour calmly to reflect what Ch.10
3. In the midst of smoke it is comparatively clear towards the Ch.11
4. In the event of being unable to escape either by the street-door Ch.12
5. Persons thus circumstanced are entreated not to precipitate Ch.13
6. Do not give vent to the fire by breaking into the house Ch.14
2. Persons especially exposed to a risk of their dresses taking fire Ch.15
3. As a means for the prevention of accidents, especially where there Ch.16
1884. 2_s._ 6_d._ Ch.17
71. The well-known “Eagle” Patent Adjustable Bottom Grate, for Ch.18