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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.
- • See also Domestic Improvements - Health, Sanitation & Safety
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