The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 739
bottom, 7 ft. at thewidest part, and 10^ ft. deep. The well is sunk in a bed of gravel, 8 ft.below the surface ,• the bottom of the pit is paved with a drain of 3 in.square, which carries the waste ice into the gravel, as will be seen in theannexed sketch, {fig. 140.) The ice-house is entered… … a, Front oak door.d, 9-inch brick wall. b, Second door. c, Sliders, coming out one board at a time. e, 4J-inch cavity. /, 14-inch stone wall, g, 3-inch drains, h, Soil on top I filled the house with well-broken ice, sprinkling a little common salt; andit was all melted by the beginning of June.…
