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 364
received a considerableimpulse of late; but it can scarcely be expected that buildingsof such magnitude can always be easily ventilated, more espe-cially when the public appetite for air is still on so low a par,and when there are so few standards of comparison to appeal to.Let any one, for… … persons present, and allowing twenty respirations for each perminute, let him see from what source the supply of air is to bederived. Farther, let him consider that an excess of air is re-quired in summer, in consequence of the proximity of those whooccupy the benches, and the warmth they…
