New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-07
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.

vrvrrr. ATING DWELLING HOUSES
~. " Nattieu Williams suggests IN mort
o51e that the problem OF domestic VEN ti.''.o 49,,
mont ucrhaps be solved by U'NIn- ",,,iic,-
from me coal pits and eXtehdln- VIZ a. r.si
+;n cf coal Dit ventilation L. houvlN -
J In q nit the fresh air de'cenns - OnY
sLaft masses through all the "OINIH-o an"
escapes through the upcaSt s"dIt. AZ E! -; 80
saws Mr. Williams, no doNhcasU sli'lV -
t;;rod tle pres,rre of the surrounding All an
- - Mace But the model house must nave
an uncast shaft placed as nearly IN the mlduIe
Of thr buildiuc rs possible, and COMMUNICATING
IritL every room, either 10y direct opening
or through a lateral Shaft. An ordinary chin
new built i'm the usual manner Is all tnal Is re-
ouircd There must be neither stoves nor HIc-
Ilaces in any room excepting the kitchen. All
fhe windows must be made to Ill cloSels' a.
nearly alT-tlght as possible. OUTSIDE OF 'c
Iou.e. or on the grOund-fiOor, on the norm
side II possible, should be a chamber heated ny
fines hot air, steam or water pipes, ana WIN
one opening communicating Win me outer
Trash air and another on the opposite sIuG CON
roctrd D., "A suitable shaft or alrWdy WIN thc
IolI of thr erOund-tiOOr and the general STAR
ra.e Flch room to have an opening at ITS
,,,rer mart into the chimney. like an Arnott
,nrntil,tor and capable of adjustment as re-
oard. area of aperture, and other openings OF
cnrr,.l,oudiug or excessive c0lnolncu area
leodip, from the hail or staircase 10 the lower
- of the ROOM ] hcSc should be covered
Win perforated zinc or wire Sauze' so that the
air NAV enter in gentle, broken stream:
An thc outcrh house doors must be double ]. e.
with a porch or yc>ubuic, and only one OF each
1.,;r If doors opened at once. These should be
vel fitted. and the staircase alr-ught. he
Kitchen 10 communicate with the rest OF the
Iouse Inv similar double doors and the kitchen
fre ~ communicate with the upcast shalt or
chimney hv as small StoVe-plpc a. pract-
cable. The kitchen fire viii thu, start the up
cast and commence the drau~ht OF ar from tie
warm chamber through the house toward thc
several OPENINGS into the shalt. ID cold
weather. this UpcaSt action Will be greatly Ic-
inforced and maintained ny the general warmth
of an the air in the house, which itself VIII
bodily become an upcast shaft Immediately the
inner temperature exceeds tiEH of the ar out
side. But the upcast of warm ali can only take
place 1y tie admission of fresh ar through the
teatin- chamber, thence 10 hall and staircase
and tIou.h the rooms into the hnu shaft or
chimney.
i'm summer, the kitchen fire would probably
be insufficient to secure sufficiently active
upca,t. To help this there should be IN one OF
the upucr ruOmS-sav an attlc-au opening INTO
the chimney secured 10y a small we'll fitting
door. and altogether incloscd within the CHM
ucv "A small automatic slow combustion stove
OF a large gas-buruer. The heating chamber
below must now bc converted into a cooling
chamber bv an arrangement of wet cloth, or by
the use Of ice, so that all the air entering tie
house shall be reduced in temperature.