Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)
Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 82
n that of theroom; but assuming it to be applied to a room15ft. high, then the window area w^ould be 139square feet. This area, it wall be seen, is not somuch broken as the example in Fjgs. 31 and 32,the stanchions being of comparatively smallsize. The window sill, as shown, ^ forms astring course… … 80 A new system of construction, called the ^Praray,is being introduced into the United States, by Mr. C.R. Makepeace, of Providence (Rhode Island), whichhas for its object the provision of a large windowarea. This is obtained by the employment of anangular window and a reduction of the brick…
Textile factories -- Design and construction · Cotton manufacture · Cotton machinery
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