The price depends on a variety of factors. 1  A complete sprinkler system for new construction generally costs $1 to $2 per square foot including all equipment and installation. 2  Retrofitting an existing building is more expensive-usually about $2 to $7 per square foot. A complete sprinkler system for new construction generally costs $1 to $2 per square foot including all equipment and installation. 2  Retrofitting an existing building is more expensive-usually about $2 to $7 per square foot.
Word Origin & History. auscultate to listen (especially with a stethoscope), 1833 (in auscultator), from L. auscultatus, pp. of auscultare to listen to, from aus-, from auris ear (see ear (1)); the rest is doubtful [OED]. Auscultation act of listening is from 1630s; medical sense is from 1833.
The term âcatapultâ is used to define a very wide variety of large machines for hurling projectiles and some of the more common variations include the trebuchet, which is a catapult that uses gravity and a seesaw effect to hurl its projectile.