The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-30
An Artificial ,Climate-Plaus for q
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glass. 1t covered eigteen acressof
ground, and cost less, in proportlob
To- its size, thnn an ordinary barn.
II was u marvel Of constructive
skill, and must have given the
crowds that throagod it enlarged
ideas ofthe future possibilities of
mankind on this battle Scared
planet. The glass and iron build.
ing that wns erected in Now York
two years atterward, though hand
designed, was lighthouse
compared to its London predcces.
sor, rs it covered only two acres.
lfsuch mr., h tectural miracles IA
have 7 been mentioned can be
wrought for tho cultivation of exo'
tic plants, or for exhibiting the
progress Of the nations in art and
mechanism, certainly still greater
miracles can be wrought when the
object is the much more important
ono ofreStoring 10 health and hap.
pineas, multitudes of our fcllow-be.
isgs. The onegreat measure need
cd TO secure this wished,for result,
as regards the large class of iuva-
lids mentioned above, is to provide
an artificial winter climate, main
tanned alta desirable, uniform tenn
AZURE, and having the proper by
grometric conditions ofatmospherc;
in other words, to furnish the con-
sumptive invalids with tho advan.
tages ola winter residence in Gu
6a, with tho fatgucs, dangers and
expenses of the journey left out.
This can BIO accomplished by a
system ofwinter gardens, oflarge
oxtent, enclosed and rooted with
glass In . framework of iron.
Tho precise form of the proposed
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the ground
plan shall be y circle, D square, an
octagon or othor geometric figure
--is not, for all purposes of illustra.
ton, veryimaterial' We will sup
pose it to be o circle. It's dame
ter should be at least, 1900 feet,
which would enclose an area of q
little over forty acres, not far from
the sligo Of Boston Common, eyclu.
sivo Of tho public garden,
A forty acre building is only q
little moro than twice as largo in
area ~ tho Crystal Palace of 1851
and is quito within tho limits of
the practicable. Tho London OK.
hibition building of 1862, though
only partly Of iron and glass, Gov
ored an area, swith the picture gal.
lory and annexcs, of twenty four
and d half acres.
The material, we have decided,
would be mainly iron and glass.
The enclosing wall would DO at
least fifty feet high, supported, at
regular intervals, by round or oc.
tagonal iron towers, eighteen or
|twShty fdct in diameter, aud hun
drsd or more in height. The i'm.
mense glass roof, supported by nu
merous iron columns, would rise
ut a regular pitch tow ard the cen.
tre Of the building, whore it would
DO u hundred feet from tho ground
The roof would be constructed on
the ridgo,and- furrow principle
making numerous angular depres.
,ions and elevations-tho lower
angles forming cutters to carry the
rain water into the hollow iron col.
umns, whence 1t would flow into
the underground system of drain.
pipes and sewers. Tho steam boil.
ers for warming tho building, in
the absence Of tho suns rays, would
DO heated in the lower portions Of
tho towers, outside the walls, which
would Thus servo q double use be.
side beingap ornament. Pure air
would constantly pass into the in.
terror through numerous apertures
left Tor tho purpose in the walls
This fresh, .cold mir would be warm.
cd, On it's passge into the building
BY passingithrough screens or net,
works of hot stcam-pipes. Thu.
there would DO q constant and
abundant, though gentle flow O.
pure warm air from all points O,
tho circumference toward the cen
tire of tho odifice, whore it would
rise and flow out through the ven,
tilatbrs in the dome. The atmos
phero within would have mono O,
sthes gppreasiveness ola common
conservatory, but would be, in tn
highest' degree, agreeable and
hcalthfnl. The means Of ventila.
tiqhswouid be under such easy con
troll 81, to enable those in charge
Of that department to maintain q
nearly uniform temperature.
Tho grounds, within the walls,
would be laid out and ornamcnted