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THERE is a considerable difference of opinion among experts as to the most satisfactory system of ventilation. The system by which fresh, warm air is forced into rooms at the top while foul air escapes at the bottom has been introduced into a number of buildings; but the compilers of the present volume give extracts and diagrams from papers and reports to show that this method is wrong in principle, and inefficient in practice. It is held that the heating of a building should always be separate and distinct from that of the air supply, and that the only satisfactory means of ventilation is obtained by extracting the vitiated air near the ceilings of rooms, and admitting the fresh air at lower levels. This “natural” system has been successfully introduced by Messrs. Boyle into several public buildings.
Natural and Artificial Methods of Ventilation.
Pp. 66 + xvi. (London: Robert Boyle and Son, Ltd., 1899.)
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Natural and Artificial Methods of Ventilation . Nature 61, 6 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/061006a0
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