Lectures on the science and art of sanitary plumbing / by S. Stevens Hellyer.

  • Hellyer, S. Stevens (Samuel Stevens)
Date:
1882
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Credit: Lectures on the science and art of sanitary plumbing / by S. Stevens Hellyer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    arrange for a course of lectures to working plumbers upon the principles and practice of sanitary plumbing, the initial difficulty was to get a competent lecturer. He, knowing the name of Mr. Hellyer as that of the writer of the best practical work on plumbing, invited him to give the lectures, and after consideration he consented to do so, although very much occupied with business and not in the best of health. The lectures had been undertaken by Mr. Hellyer without any remuneration beyond that which was afforded him by the knowledge that they have aroused considerable thought and directed much attention to the subject. The laborious and complete way in ],which the lectures had been illustrated by diagi-ams was worthy of all praise. The lectures had been delivered not only in the presence of working plumbers, but in the presence of some of the most skilled and experienced judges of sanitary work in the country, and including Mr. Rogers Field, Mr. Ernest Turner, Mr. H. H. Collins, and Mr. Eassie, and he had the authority for saying that those gentlemen regarded Mr. Hellyer's lectures as being of very great value.—The Builder. Mr. Hellyer, in replying on the discussion, said that he was gratified to find that the remarks made by those who had spoken in the discussion were so largely in favour of the ob- servations he had made in his lectures. With reference to Mr. Emptage's remarks on cowls, he would only say that his ex- perience was that cowls were of advantage in hundreds of cases, as they helped to increase the up-current. He had tested * this at the cost of £200 or300, and therefore was certain of what he advanced. With regard to non-society men versus society men, considered as workmen, he simply stated his conviction, based on experience, when he said that as a rule non-society men were the best workmen. He wanted the trade societies to be more careful in excluding incompetent men than they had been. He had no more feeling against society men than against non-society men, and had good workmen belonging to both classes in his employ. He was very glad if, as a result of his lectures, Mr. Davies had been able to improve the D-trap, but he (Mr. Hellyer) like a previous speaker, could not see the conclusiveness of the experiments which had been made with Mr. Davies's trap. He challenged the accuracy of Mr. Court's statement that anything said by him in the course of these lectures was calculated to do harm to young plumbers. With regard to using two pots of solder, he simply recommended that in large buildings or jobs two pots of solder should be in use: one for underhand joints—as coarser solder worked better for this kind • See The Plumber and Sanitary Houses, Chap. XXIII., on the merits o various cowls.