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 382
s represent the individual hammocks, which arecommonly so close to each other, that they form an impenetrablebarrier to the progress of air between them, though air may cir-culate between their extremities in a very imperfect manner.Two, three, four, or five hundred men may be constantly observedin… … figure shewn, it is short of the reality, as has been hinted, whenthe ship is crowded. The following figures shew more mi-nutely the position in which the sailor sleeps. In Fig. 263, themiddle deck is supposed to have been removed, and the sailorsin the lower deck exposed to view, as they sleep in…
