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 302
ed for improving the communication ofsound, for the diffusion of light, and for preventing cold air frombeing precipitated from the external windows. 645. Fig. 215 (plan) shews the lower air-chamber T, T, intowhich the air flows by the cold-air passage A, from the first orreceiving chamber C, C, C,… … cooling the air maybe placed in C, C, C, or A. The air havingreached T, T, escapes into the equalizing chamber above it, bydifferent apertures, represented in Figs. 218, 219. 646. In Fig. 216, the progress of air from C, C, C, is shewn 278 VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. wlien it passes along…