A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 575
ots under the feet of the occupants.The slots are covered with iron flaps, as shownin the detail, so as to make the air impinge onthe floor, and spread evenly and not strike onthe backs of the legs. A quantity of air equalto 600,000 cubic feet per hour can be admittedto this hall without… … Ventilation ; Fig. 2. lecturer is not aflected by it. This is a case oftlie direct passage of the air of a room in asingle upward direction, no part of the airreturning to the person again. The lecture room (just below) has the sametreatment so far as the inlet of air is concerned,but tlie method…
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