A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 576
has a distinct treatment.Tlie air is admitted through a jjcrforated cornice980 VENTILATION or air box running around tlic entire ceiling, andit is drawn out at regiHter.s in the baseboard;the object being to secure a downward currentof air within the room, and, if ])ossible, makeemanations fall to… … Ventilation temperature being regulated by the engineerin the heat chamber by the mixing valves aand a ; the upper one for warm air and thelower one for cold air, the adjustment of eachsecuring the temperature reqiured. The American Theatre, New York (Fig. 4),is a good example of theatre…
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