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Page 65
... side opposite the registers for the warm air . Each room has two foul - air flues . Most of the iron - tubes pass upward into the attic of the building , to enter a large central cupola or turret with louvred sides , through which the ...
... side opposite the registers for the warm air . Each room has two foul - air flues . Most of the iron - tubes pass upward into the attic of the building , to enter a large central cupola or turret with louvred sides , through which the ...
Page 68
... sides within the shaft a short projecting hood which directs the current of air upward . The shafts , which are of wood and without partitions , conduct , in turn , to a central octagonal chamber , thirty - seven feet in circumference ...
... sides within the shaft a short projecting hood which directs the current of air upward . The shafts , which are of wood and without partitions , conduct , in turn , to a central octagonal chamber , thirty - seven feet in circumference ...
Page 73
... sides of the building ( north- ern and western ) were supplied with double sashes with a single small sliding pane in the outer sash . The other rooms had single sashes to their windows . In two rooms the bad practice of rapidly cooling ...
... sides of the building ( north- ern and western ) were supplied with double sashes with a single small sliding pane in the outer sash . The other rooms had single sashes to their windows . In two rooms the bad practice of rapidly cooling ...
Page 93
... sides . The water , having passed through the soil in its descent , is then received into drains , by which it is carried off into the nearest water - course . According to Parkes , * the amount of land required is , on an average , one ...
... sides . The water , having passed through the soil in its descent , is then received into drains , by which it is carried off into the nearest water - course . According to Parkes , * the amount of land required is , on an average , one ...
Page 103
... side of Mt. Washing- ton ave . Bridge , at low tide 0.052 0.026 1846 3 • Tank of Cook and Handy , Albany st . , near bridge , low tide . 0.097 0.029 1872 4 . Pump of Mr. Curtis , at Dover st . Bridge , low tide . 0.093 0.029 1877 For ...
... side of Mt. Washing- ton ave . Bridge , at low tide 0.052 0.026 1846 3 • Tank of Cook and Handy , Albany st . , near bridge , low tide . 0.097 0.029 1872 4 . Pump of Mr. Curtis , at Dover st . Bridge , low tide . 0.093 0.029 1877 For ...
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