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 161
hoth. 287. Figs. 126 and 127 indicate the progress of warm airadmitted into any room having only an imperfect discharge nearthe floor, the hot air at once advancing to the ceiling, and a por-tion helow escaping at b, as each successive portion, direct fromthe heating surface, reaches the ceiling.…