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Domestic Inventions & Sanitation (Illustrated London Almanack, 1850)
New inventions, including ventilation devices for homes and fireplaces, water sanitation and filtering devices, and a patented chimney-sweeping machine.

The Lee Moor Porcelain Clay-Brick and Architectural Works (Art Journal, 1859)

Eddystone Lighthouse (Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)

The Sanitary Drainage of Houses and Towns, by George W. Waring Jr. (Atlantic Monthly, 1875)

The New Eddystone Lighthouse (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)

Home Construction: Foundations, by George Martin Huss (Century Magazine, 1882A)

Home Construction: Precautions Against Fire, by George Martin Huss (Century Magazine, 1882B)

Home Construction: Sanitation, by Charles F. Wingate (Century Magazine, 1882B)

The Principles and Practice of House-Drainage, by George E. Waring Jr. (Century Magazine, 1885A)

Slow-Burning Construction, by Edward Atkinson (Century Magazine, 1889A)
Ideas on reducing fire risks in new construction (and consequently to reduce the high costs of fire insurance).

In an Air-Lock: An Underground Experience, by Henry Frith (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1890)
What it's like to descend to the subway works in a compartment filled with compressed air.

The New Croton Aqueduct, by Charles Barnard (Century Magazine, 1890A)

A Visit to the Eddystone Lighthouse, by F.G. Kitton (The Strand, 1892B)

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Methods of Sewage Disposal, by George E. Waring, Jr. (Century Magazine, 1894A)

Chimney Felling, by Walter Wood (The Strand, 1895B)
How industrial chimney-stacks are demolished.

How Buildings Are Moved, by James Walter Smith (The Strand, 1897A)

A Big Blast, by Val Norton (The Strand, 1900A)
Blasting stone in a Cherbourg quarry.

Building a Skyscraper, by Ray Stannard Baker (The Strand, 1900A)

The Romance of Lighthouse Building, by Ray Stannard Baker (The Strand, 1900A)

Artificial Rock Formation, by George Best (The Strand, 1900B)
On the construction of artificial rock cliffs, boat caves, and even "ancient" ruins.

Ventilating Parliament, by Frank Foulsham and A.C. Banfield (Strand, 1901A)

A Friendly Microbe, by J.E. Muddock (Sunday Strand, 1902)
On the use of microbes to develop septic tanks and sewage treatment systems.

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