The house, a manual of rural architecture, or, How to build country houses and out-buildings : embracing the origin and meaning of the house ; the art of house-building, including planning, style and construction ; desings and descriptions of cottages farm-houses, villas and out-buildings, of various cost and in the different styles of architecture, etc., etc. ; and an appendix containing recipes for paints and washes, stucco, rough-cast, etc. ; and instructions for roofing, building with rough stone, unburnt brick, balloon frames, and the concrete or gravel wall ; with numerous original plans (1866)
Jacques, D. H. (Daniel Harrison), 1825-1877 · New York : The American News Company, 39 and 41 Chambers Street · leaf 41
thorough ventilation of everyroom in it. Ventilation embraces two distinct processes—the removalof the foul air and the introdnction of pure air ; and to be sat-isfactory, both must be carried on without producing injuriousor otfensive currents. The simplest provision for the escape of bad air is… … effective., at least while fires are kept up, as they usually areduring the winter, when ventilation is most required. AnFig. 4. Arnot valve is better than a register for insertion in a chimney opening,since it effcstually prevents the es-cape of smoke into the room. Thisvalve is a very simple box…
Country homes · Architecture, Domestic
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