The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-11
YENTILATB.

Ventilate VIVA, Why the subject
n hand of course. That is, let the
Wind blow upon It. or in the more
modern acceptation OF that term, let
d have fresh air-let the air move
about it. But then the question
arises what is the subject in handF
Well, the subject in hand is one that
is less understood than perhaps any
ordinary subject upon which every
wiseacre processes to be informed.
The subject in hand is--ventilate.
If you 90 among the DID, practical
housewives on these cold days or
nights, you will find that in the face
If all the horrors incident to foui
air" they have their sitting and
sleeping rooms carefully closed and
perhaps blanket at tue bottom OF
the door to prevent the ingress OF
cold air. On the contrary, if you
90 among those who have read up
on the subject, you will find the tran
som turned, or the top sash let down
a few inches. or the bottom sash up
Just little. They must have ven
tilation,
We started out to say, and we will
saw now, that there is not a family
room or sleeping room in the county
en- constructed as that it is possible
for the air in it to become foul by
the breathing of a family in it. We
will saw further that there is not
nrivale room in the county in which,
on these sharp days or nights, there
is the slightest necessity for artificial
ventilation, such as a raised or low
cred sash or turned transom. We
have said-now let us prove. There
is no private room in the county in
which fire Of coal or dry wood In
| the crate or stove will not burn cheer
iIy. Everybody will agree to that.
Well, let us suppose there is fire
in The stove. How rapidly does the
smoke pass up the pipe? At the rate
Of half a mile in an hour, do you
suppose? Why yes, you say it will
90 up three or four times this rapid
ly-perhaps it will go up the pipe
as rapidly as man would ordlnari
ly walk. We agree with you, But
for the sake of the proof Of our as
sertion, let US say it travels up at
the rate of half mile an hour. II
your stove pipe is q six inch pipe
this takes the air out Of your room
at the top of your chimney at the
rate of over $500 cubic feet per hour.
If YOUR room is 1916 feet and eight
feet high it contains 2046 cubic feet
of air--less the space occupied by
other bodies. So that no matter how
tight your room is constructed II a
fire burns in it, as every particle OF
air in it must pass out over the top
of the house every twenty-five min
utes. Just this much air must find
it's way into the room around the
door and sash, through the joints in
/ the floor, etc, All this if the smoke
in your stove pipe travels only half
a mile an hour. But if it travels at
the rate of two miles an hour-which
is nearer the truth-then the whole
| volume of air in an ordinary room
must of necessity be changed (Which
the fire burns) once every six min
utes. All this in tight room. As
| long rs your fire will burn, and the
smoke ascend your stove pipe or
chimney, you may rest assured your
room is sufficiently open for the in,
gress of all needed fresh air. In
such ROOM foul air cannot be con
fined, nor can yentil&Lion be prevent
ed. There is, therefore, little else
than arrant humbuggery in the mod.
ern idea on this subject. Now we
have veBtilRted.