Illustrations of the theory and practice of ventilation : with remarks on warming, exclusive lighting, and the communication of sound (1844)
Reid, D. B. (David Boswell), 1805-1863 · London : Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans · leaf 131
bed, or table, or in any other position that maybe more suitable, being suspended by cords and moved by a lineheld by one or more attendants, either in the apartment or out-side, the line being conveyed, in the latter case, by an aperturethrough the wall (Fig. 58). The punkah and the fan act…