A home for all; or, The gravel wall and octagon mode of building .. (1854)
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 159
r-able every way—more than enough so to build the extra angles.This form will also give the teacher a far more sightly and ad-vantageous stand-point. Of course, to be heard and seen well,he requires to front the whole school. A desk at one end spoilsthat end, by placing all its scholars actually… … OCTAGONAL SCIIOOL-IIOUBK. Besides, these square angles break the sound, and cause echoesfar more than octagonal ones. Many other like advantages ap- COMPLETE VENTILATION. 153 pertain to the octagonal form over the square, but these shouldsuffice to secure its universal adoption, wherever a <jood…
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