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 119
es. The best mode of ventilationyet tried is a roof opening near thecentre of the house, over the stair-way and main hall if possible.This is effected by means of a skylight,with a ventilator in the top. The sky-light, not being a thing of beauty, isusually protected from view by a sash ofstained… … Second floor of house shown in Fig. 15. otherwise it is useless, save for light-ing. By this means the air of the houseis constantly changed without endan- The Principles of Ventilation Applied. 99 gering health through draughts, butthere is difficulty in making this roof-opening except in city…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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