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 147
ted to escape, nonecan enter unless forced by the application of increased pres-sure. Vacuum Ventilation, or, as it is sometimes termed,Ventilation by the Vacuum Impulse, accordingly, involves thenecessity of a free discharge of air from the apartment venti-lated to such an extent, that wherever a… … PLENUM, VACUUM, AND MIXED VENTILATION. 123 neral adoption may be attributed to the comparative sim-plicity and economy of the means by which it may be sus-tained. 251. In Mixed Ventilation, both the plenum and va-cuum movement may be traced ; the force of the air when it isintroduced being such as…