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 162
siderably from thestate of the atmosphere. Thefresh and warm air was ad-mitted at a, and escaped, al-most immediately, at b, pro-ducing little effect upon therest of the apartment. Acold window at e proved at thesame time a cause of greatannoyance, cold air descend-ing from it upon those whowere… … passage, and so situated that when air passes into one a, thewind being easterly, it receives the first impression of the freshair, and nothing but an atmosphere of very inferior quality passesinto the other c by the passage b ; but when the wind is in adifferent position, viz. westerly, the…
