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 407
osed continuationof spaces that would become apparent, and extend in general tothe quarter decks, were they not rendered ineffective by the cut-ting out of the ports, or by their being used at a lower level. 803. In Fig. 278, b gives a vertical section indicating theform of the tube represented by… … hold next the shelf, where it occupies the space of all othersleast valuable in the hold. 804. Again, Fig. 281 represents a very general explana-tory view of the mode in which a ship in the East or WestIndies, or in any other region where ventilation was very im-portant, might be provided at once…
