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 82
on, throughporous textures, whose nature and extent removes all apprehen-sion of any danger from the saturation of the ground, howeverdangerous this may be in other localities. The addition of limeor other chemicals, where the soil has been largely impregnatedwith deleterious products, is often… … 58 IMPURITIES DECOMPOSED BY HEAT. of the mode which I have adopted for many years, where it wasnecessary to ventilate drains. Arrangements of this kind weremore particularly introduced in my class-room, in 1833, andsubsequently at the House of Commons, at Hospitals, at Courtsof Law, in private…
