A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 573
m^ikM … Vadltinq Shaft; the Near Anglk, between Choir and Transept, has a Shaft for Each Great Group of Ribs, Five in All. Parliament, London. It was little better thansome holes in the ceilings. About 1723Desaguliers improved the system by connectingthe holes or tubes with heated chimneys. Thisis the…
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