Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865 · New York : George P. Putman and Company, 10 Park Place · leaf 369
place asufficient non-conducting medium of tan or sawdust, if above ground,or of wall and wood partition, if below ground, to prevent the actionof the air, or the damp soil, on the body of ice inclosed in the vault. Mr. Wyeth has not told us how large the dimensions of an ice-house built in either… … the vault of which -will measure about twelve to fourteen feet inthe clear, every way, will be quite large enough, if properly con-structed. An ice-house, the vault of which is a cube of twelve feet,will hold about fifty tons of ice. One of this size, near Boston, filledlast January, is still half…
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