New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-30
VEYTILATION
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VENTILATION
,v.orknown writer Of this city one aSy IN giving an
-, ~ an excursion fIou this Close dlfy, heated
a., 90 a July day concluded with an expression o.
80, ,bank sciyDg that New fo'k was "open at the
T.a,,r Perhaps We are not sufficiently thankful for
oor0t which cannot be taken from rs, for rea y
= !. becoming very probable that except in the streets
,he town will MT be open anywhere else. Toere s
law IN Philadelphia thst certain NUMBER OF square
seet of each lot shall be e vacant; bnt no such rule
obtains here and the closeness with which high build.
mos are piled upon ku is deserving not only
~ condemnation bot OF legislative interference
snittsn With an unusual spirit Of economy, must
make the most Of every inch, and accordingly square
sher square is sobdly butt over, and the sidewalks
underlEd with vault, so that there Is 10 spot where
either blade oi grass or q tree may grow; the only
supply Of oxygen for The mauy lungs there employed
comts from the air, and tha. must import its supply.
Human beings, like plants, require sun and air, bui
they cant have II. Down under skylishts, in dismal
Sens in places called Offices asd counting rooms with
gus igbts helping them 70 consume TIE vital Auid,
they exist with much the color and vigOr as
grass under board or potatoes In f. cellar. Then In
many places there s the poor prefer of being built
around 8 cOur-s cont! hoe with all the heat
and steam Of Kitchens and aundrios as in one of our
well known great bO1ls. Go aud try 10 breathe the
breath Of life in that count Can it Oven--heat it
afew degrees higher ald bake Jour bread tdere.
We have often wished 10 rug ages, b. the pOpretors
Of these ovens since it such must exist the en-
poyroont Of wind sails. Mary time, thanks 10 the
sea ne ar US there is breeze the bOusetOps which
caught IN these sGils and armed down u these lover
regions. would be as the breath life to the pannS
sous below. lis the only possible plan we can con-
ceive for purifying end helping such places 'entls'
tion is subject worn threadbare, that does not ex-
,ress 10 WON to tatters and sent to the paper MILL
But 20 far we have little practical good from all ths
writing and preaching We survive the Summer toler-
ably. but when cold weather comes our houses must
lie cosed and va med, and then for convenience and
economy. we must have furnace. We wish they hsd
better name but at present constructed perhaps
If is all they deserve and not sure but the prim
tive application after the ia hion OF King Nebuchad
pezzer. would be better than slow dying AMI
wasting
There is something in the principle. No doubt from
the omen fre-wth the smoke curling out at the door
or window, or through hole in the rOof-to chimnoys
large or small well constructed freplaoes and CRATES,
there Is an advance; but the true principle of warm
inc house with the least trouble and expense s to IL
,roduoe, where wanted, supply Of Pare Tarm air.
But we have not anived al that perfection yet.
Mind we DO not say 10, air. Many furnaces WORTHY
the nemeD become red hot and the small supply of air
given then is heated and decomposed and rendered
quite anft for our Some appear TO think that heat
Is heat and we have heat from furnace. Bat what
we want is Sumner temperature not the blast of a
sirocco.
Then people have vague idess OF ventilation, and
so rooms are built with hole the top OF the room
and no means of closing IT. so the warm air comes
Into the room, pssscs upward and away, admirable
economy and goes up 10 warm the man in the
neon We suppose Or perhaps with admirable judg-
me,t The register of the furnace is placed rosr the
floor and ventilaOn high in the wall above it. as we
have recently 10 a new and well built house; so
stream of warm air passes into the and up and
out again, where it cannot possibly do any harm.
Thu a, tsst is safe. We not discussing questions
of economy comfort.
There is str oDg reudce sgsins. furnaces aud No
marvel. We presume Shadrach, Meshsch and Abed
nego rather oisiked them, though they suffered less
than s,ne Of us 10. 60 10 some OF our warm, COM
Portable churches o. an AFTERNOON; look down first and
ace The retkipg red mass Of heated iron that lies be-
low breathe If on can the scorching dir we mean
heat that comes up. 1t lie libel 10 call air Then
GO 10 your aest and breathe the same little diluted.
The pr, acher seems 70 have weight OF lead upon
him, end the peope may keep awake If they can But
do not blame them if through actual want Of vitality
they grow stupid. The flesh it weak and easily over
come.
Air. air. We mu, have air. Aud it is not neees'
sary in order TO this to have open fres where eleven
twebs Of the heat goes up the chimney, nor to have
stove and then open the windows for air. The true
philosophy is to mako the temperature warm and mild
as Summer, by fau supply of air from without,
warmed so as TO bring tue room within to a proper
temperature There such means, II people will
only have patience to look for them and IN time there
is hope that the true principles viii be established and
carried into effect In an age Of progress points OF SO
vital Importance should not lag behind.