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 56
trate the form, and details, of the ventilation of one of the ex-clusive gas-burners I have used, which are explained more par-ticularly in the chapters on Gas-Lights, and on the House ofCommons. Fig. 1 indicates the appearance it presents, whichmay be modified indefinitely; in Fig. 2, a points out… … the products of combustion being carried entirely out of theapartment. Fig. 3 explains the usual appearance of apartments that maybe termed soporific rooms, from the extent to which thesystem is usually overpowered by the excessive amount of theproducts of combustion from the gas. The sketch is…
