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Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)

Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 44

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agreat influence upon the entrance of the light, andthat when a window is, as in this case, nearlyvertical, much of the light must of necessity beobtained by reflection. Diffusion is as importantas direct inlet, and a uniformly clear light withoutglare is the desideratum. Vertical windows keepclean… … Fig. 14. In the United States a special form of one-storeymill has been evolved which is very interesting.It has been named the Monitor type, from thefact that light is obtained by means of a raisedcentral lantern called a * monitor. It is illus-trated in Figs. 14 to 19, the drawings being…

Textile factories -- Design and construction · Cotton manufacture · Cotton machinery

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