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Title: The Turkish Bath
Its Design and Construction

Author: Robert Owen Allsop

Release Date: November 10, 2009 [EBook #30444]

Language: English

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THE

TURKISH BATH:

ITS

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION;

WITH

CHAPTERS ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE BATH TO
THE PRIVATE HOUSE, THE INSTITUTION,
AND THE TRAINING STABLE.

BY

ROBERT OWEN ALLSOP,

ARCHITECT.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLANS AND SECTIONS

_From Scale Drawings by the Author._

[Illustration]

E. & F. N. SPON, 125, STRAND, LONDON.
NEW YORK: 12, CORTLANDT STREET.
1890

PREFACE.

The present work originally appeared in the form of a series of
illustrated articles in the columns of the _Building News_. It has been
carefully revised and enlarged with the addition of much new matter. The
object of the author in publishing the work in its present form is to
provide, in addition to a text-book for the architect, a treatise which
shall enable the public to form their own judgment as to the relative
merits of the baths that compete for their patronage. The principles,
herein enunciated, upon which good baths should be built, will be easily
grasped by the ordinary reader; and the detailed plans and instructions
will, it is hoped, supply such information as will enable the designer
of baths to cope with the exigencies of any and every case with which he
may be confronted.

37, NORFOLK STREET,
STRAND, LONDON.
_March 1890._

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER II.

THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF A PUBLIC BATH 9

CHAPTER III.

THE GENERAL DISPOSITION OF PLAN OF PUBLIC BATHS 17

CHAPTER IV.

A DETAILED CONSI