New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-20
VENTILATION AND WARNING.


ard econony beginning receive MEASURE Of tbs, a.
! ,eniicn whsh its iiintabie importance demands fhs
practical difference between frecd2sds AID fWrfltisu.
which Ell the mentaleye OF many IN the political
ssy nothing of the ctsan-wor,d shrinss into snail
! space in the comparison
This general remark and the particular rernsrks
thar follow have been elected by rcssing srs in ras
Ttlrryr of Friday Feb a. from Prof Buchanan II Gin
.iprnt The article BY Prof b needs no comment o. my
o,n n order 10 make il Ineligible What propose to
ass rather BY way Tradition than Of expansion crer
csm -
best Get rid of The impure air of apartments and a.
Il "a NE lime retain steady heshfui Temperature OF
sixty OF seventy degrees We srs nan
INTRODUCES fresh air from the eXtornh wori tlr)dgh aups
three or more inches in diameter The ayr thus nirodaesd
will be warmed by the ire place as u enters ami we sas
cold.
Allow ne :, suggest. for the benefit OF your rsslers,
few facts which may lead 10 the aopon OF plan wh'dh
teiieve 10 be What in advance OF that which pro
posed by the learned Professor in your paper
when built the house in West Newton. Mass which
til ny has been residence, was ANXIOUS both Tor
th, cake c health aud economy to avoid stoves bat al
the time, to have my Ire places according TO the oe~
ara most improved usu With the aid of Mr. Woodbury..
sprrc,ical snd At the time scientific mason OF
Boston bit upon the following conrvance, which was
aElled By of TO principal setting ron
Beh nd the walls jambs and beneath the heisth ia
erecting the chimney, left pretty large eavitesas
large the circumstances would possibly permit Thor
capacity in the aggregate must have been st the Least
equal eight or ten cubic feet The was and hsafths
were The mseives. OF soapstone.
From the external world though hole in the under pin
Mrs Of he house introduced wooden tube. whose
iy was about five inches square, which terminated Ia
the lower part of he vacant space connected With
the fire place Of which have just spoken. Inc
end Of the pise where Il entered .! the sissh.a.
other end according the direction OF Prof b Then.
lastly by the side OF the fire place had an opening SOW
era inches in diameter with valve register by
uf wi Itch ICOu
the heated air tiles behind the fireplace at pleasure
In couple of hours 50 after building hrs In the
fire place accustomed 10 open the valve. This lets
into the of fresh but hot air. which, with che
aid of the rsrescon and draft of the chimney ventlsos
The room admirably. But the air introduced
hotter then that Of the room generally rather than cold
err and It the place. aud MS therefore,
account of it, smaller specific gravity otherwise be im
mtdiat,y wded the chimney and thus prove Of no
practical avail either to the room TO ventlse Il,
caused opening to be made at the top OF the ROOM
anu tube inserted Ut portion ofcomnon stoveppel
into the opening by means OF which the rarehed air Aud
lighter gases might make their exit thus keeping ups
circulation in some measure independent OF the
fireplace and chimney. This last opening by the
made far from the tire place in the room rs possble
aud in arranged IA H. discharge into another
chimney somewhat remote from the apartment where IL
have spoken Of the removal of tho lighter gases,
well the rarehed air through this opening. Bat
confess | do not attach much Importance to this idea
There may be in rooms hn
gas end perchance, few emanations from bodies that
ought escape at this higher regions but the most dead
" foe We have TO contend with in with ire
places is cabonc acid. The additions OF that still more
deadly gns suphuretted hydrogen in civilized society.
are usually trihing In degree. Both these gases are
heavier han common pherc ana unless there 10
much agitation very strong upward current remain
ocnmngled with the atmosphere or nndersyns 1t at the
bottom Of the till they gradually drawn toward
the fire place aud forced mp the chimney.
1t is commonly said, know. by intelligent men.
that the carbonc gas become. heated rises in our
apartments But does not the atmospheric air ia contact
with it become rarefed in the same proportion and VII!
not their specific gravity relatively remain the same
repeat Therefore that attach but little Importance to the
idea Of ventilation at the top OF far rs the car
ionic acid as concerned The ventilation at the opso
aid in aceomp hing our purposes by securing current
rather than the escape Of foul air though to this end
TIE upper opening should not be Immediately into colder
/ and dcnscr atmosphere
The practical the arrangements made above
with Reference 10 my sitting ROOM s that by using up ~ to
sneak large proportion Of the heat which wouli other
wise escape aud be lost leo far the temperature OF the
room is concemed in raising the tomperaiue Of the air In
the cavities behind the walls aud hearths Of the DIRE place.
save large amount of fuel How much, have never
exactly os,orteined-possiby third can only say
that this hour am always surprised to see how tie
wood required keep the after tho first two
three hours in tho coolest weather Except tor
The purposes Of cookery would exchange my
,o6ps,One place aud heated chambers for the best
stove in Ch.isteudum!
There il one gain in using FIRE place an open stose
and above the consideration that it IL the b3 oosi
BILE yontlaor, which IT, that, as general role,
satisfied with fOm five to ten degrees less Of heat when
wo can see the fire than when cannot especially II we
emf oyod Of little distance may not be able
plain how this heppens but the fact itself IL indspu,be.
Perhap there isa confused idea in the brain when
the tt-whch satisfies for the timehat though quta
nGrn enough just now we shall be soon; and wo do
fer warning ourselves ill the cal0rIc function rallies
little, and tho external warmth IL not needed
Nhereas when do not see the fire moi only expect
to remain cold already are, but fancy
selves even growing colder and the moro We think OF it
the colder grow.
grant here s serious evil eyes open stoves
aud FIRE places Both the light and the radiang heat
2Teotly ijuTe them The eyeid a curtain protects
from the glare of he SUM- aud should protect from that
ofamps and candles were they properly arranged bat
does Lot shut OF the ght heat Of open. bright ani
usually soy, cheerful fire around which apt
10 huddle 1hs gathering round fro or stove however,
either in circle semcirce 10 wrong and ought not for
moment to be tolerated Oar rooms should bs
enough and our Iicina place the lungs, well cup
pied with fuel that we st somewhere else except In
he bad air Of the stove or FIRE place
iouT readers viii from the foregoing, that accord
with Prof u In regard the superior merits o fire places
venetor especially in winter but do not like the idea
Of burning out the eyes with them indeed we have
that this last not necessary One word more however
with regard carrying OF the bad air FROM fire room By
means Of pipes or tubes.
Ii has been usual believe conduct the lighter gases
and Tarehed cir Of into the chimney near the cell
ing into hollow perpendicular tube almost large
a. chimney or Lastly into the spaces above the ceiling
Of The room and thence between the turing and the gss
Of tie house The Hon Mr.. Mann now Of Antioch Col
leQe Tsises the question whether would not DO vel
have The partitions Of houses double with space be-
tween the spaces in the lower communicating with
those OF tie above &c and thus avail ourselves VI
the Icfead temperature Of our rooms 10 favor the as
CeuGiIg cuueLt Ne say, secure draft For when
the ducts spaces arranged that the rarehed
foul ar ultimately gets between the fariDZ and the walls
u lcbleO be cooled and condensed and the ascending
I current " be checked, If not prevented
Mr MAINS suggestion have not carried out. The
other methods COMMON and they 10 part success
III St, il must be admitted that the hollow wooden
iUte in the Interior OF ~ house and perhaps pretty
The chimney, the chimney itsef the plan OF Mr..
MsLn Is preferable. II, however, usc the chimney,
above the ire place for yentlaOr, ne are somswhat IN