Recent cotton mill construction and engineering (1894)
Nasmith, Joseph · London : J. Heywood · leaf 93
the re-placement of it by fresh, air is absolutely essentialto ventilation. This is recognised by the CottonCloth Factories Act, and the plan generallyadopted is to place air propellers in suitable positionsthroughout the room so as to extract the foul air.The usual method of fixing these is shown… … Fig. 37. usual size of propellor for each 2,500 square feet offloor surface is 14in. diameter, and this will movefrom 1,000ft. to 1,500ft. of air per minute. Thecost of providing air-propellors, including fixing andbelting, ranges from <£6 to £Q 10s. each in thiscountry. The ventilation of a…
Textile factories -- Design and construction · Cotton manufacture · Cotton machinery
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