The woman's book : dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 101
those inthe side walls, especially on the firstfloor, where the hot-air pipes rise fromthe furnace to the opening withoutabrupt turnings. They are objection-able where carpets are used, and be-cause of the dust accumulating from So House Building. sweeping and other causes, and whicharises in… … and cons, and of two evils choose thelesser. The cold-air box of all furnacesshould open directly on the fresh air anddraw its supply from out of doors. Insome old houses the supply is drawnfrom the cellar; which is all wrong, as theair from the cold pipe is disseminatedthrough the entire house and…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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