Illustrated homes: a series of papers describing real houses and real people (1875)
Gardner, Eugene Clarence, 1836-1915 · Boston, J. R. Osgood and company · leaf 162
The roof must have ventilating-flues betweenthe rafters, discharging at the ridges and pro-vided with valves. There must be two cold-airboxes from opposite directions for the furnace,and the main drain must be ventilated betweenthe sewer and the house. This latter point ismore important than all… … ILLUSTRATED HOMES. 165 sort of chimney for all that lies below ; the mostcareful trapping in the world wont catch allthe diphtheria and typhus that run riot in thesepoisonous channels and are crowding night andday to find an outlet. The merest crack orflaw in a pipe, and the evil spirit enters…
Architecture, Domestic
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