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 153
02.—An arrangement introduced into severalschools and private rooms, by which fresh air is permitted to enterunder the window. 266. Fig. 103 shews the general progress of air from a per-forated zinc skirting board, freely supplied with air to a perfo-rated cornice, where it is discharged, the curve… … tl.-f-----4-i.--/. ^ b- ysr s*- apartments provided with low fire-places, there should be anabundant supply, not only for the fire-place, but also for thatportion of the room which is above it, a discharge being providedat the cornice, or at some other convenient site above the zoneof respiration.…
