The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1867)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 337
right panels. A few years expe-ience, however, has proved that the omission of the lock railis at the expense of the strength and durability of the door; afour-panel door, therefore, is the best that can be made. 441.—The doors of a dwelling should all be hung so as to openinto the principal rooms… … Fig. 288. WINDOWS. 44:2.—A. window should be of such dimensions, and in sucha position, as to admit a sufficiency of light to that part of theapartment for which it is designed. No definite rule for the size DOORS, WINDOWS, &.C. o2.) can well be given, that will answer in all cases ; yet, as an…
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