The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-03-06
DAILY tr.ARIoN.
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advocacy II . nlum 80 ihe Oh method
~ heating NJ stoves. on lle ugund that
they are fer fr0nl fh cut, u being
scientific Ihofsar % Gtughts Is q
great hggieer u wave ~ moving
air, whether warm or cold, and as gentle
rs fragrant evening brce1s strikes q
sensitive person. horror d taking
cold al once possesses him. AZ d
writer IN The raj Nall Gazehg recently
saws, drangbis. Objectionable rs the,
ARE. are often credited with more than
is really their due Frequently the chill.
ing feeling that one experiences from
the window-wari side as one sits IN q
room Is caused. not by a current OF cold
mir setting from the window 10 the fire,
but BIZ the GOODNESS of the window itself
For this latter bping kept ut low
temperature By contact with the outside
air. draws The heat from the body. OF
rather the heat radiates from tho body
10 the window the temperature Of the
air in between making no difference TO
this transiercncc. IN accordance with q
woll-known property of radiant heat.
For instance the mir in room may be
quite hot, and vet a large window, how
ever air.tight, will make Itself unpleasant
" felt on q cold day, just rs on board
ship the propinqulty Of nm iceberg Is an
nounced by lowering Of temperature.
a screen intcrposed between the window
and any one exposed to lis malign in
Hnencc will often afford great relief and
one reason why rooms frequently feel
more comfortable IN the evening is that
the cold glass Is eiiectually shut of be-
hind the closely drawn curtains or
blinds IN countries where the winters
are habitually severe, the advent Of frost
Il usually tie signal for the fixing up OF
inner windows, the layer Of air between
these and the outer ones forming an ex-
cellent barrier 10 the escape Of heat. ow-
ing 10 rs low conductive power. Cold
walls also induce sense OF chillinGss,
but IL they are properly built there
should be no diilic'lty Ia Keeping them
warm on the inside.
Heat may be obtained, from stoves,
without any apparent movement Of the
air In the room, and, consequently.
without draughts; hat, on The other
hand, there cannot be any ventilation
without movement of the mir; hence
there must be draughts IL we would have
pure mir. No danger need be feared
from them II the current Is not too strong
and the mir itself Il properly warmed.
The writer Referred 70 above. wh0woulti
evidently be considered an expert, says,
that tlic experiment has sometimes been
tried u warming rooms By means OF
heated alronly, but the resuIlhas never
been COOL, While he is certainty mis-
taken II this, as the success Of warming
OF rooms 10y hot-air furnaces py0st 4. the
facts which he statAs as supposed reasons
for his statement IRE interesting In
order to warm the walls 10 the requisite
degree The Dir must be hotter than Is
healthy or agreeable for hreNfhing, he
says. Now this Is tfnet enough II the
mistake Is made OF placing The furnace
in the basement In the Nehtro u che
buildIng and conducting the hot-air
ilues directly tothefodms directly above,
This Introduces the hot.alr iifo the
rooms near the interior walls and, Of
course. IN the warniest part oithe room
II Is plain enough that under such cir
eumstances the air must be raised 10 a
temperature too hot for respiration IN
one part 81 the room. for sufficient
wnrnlth for comfort in another part.
let these iIncs hess0 constructed that the
liot-air win first make It's appearance
near llir outside windows and tho ex-
terror walls. There will be no trouble
then h mllntainlhg IN even and CONF
f0rtahla tenipcTaltlre. The Pal Nall
.Elarcil6 writaIs nfsgncs that the principle
1t heasing II hos air Is wrong; the air
should not wifIn The walls, but the walls
should WARN he air. He Il IN favor OF
open fires The rays Of heat from an
opon iiia BE- Sgys. pass through tho sir
Without heitltig It aud produce no effect
until they iupingc on the wall, furniture
and carpet 81 the room. These being
titus gently warmed communicate their
heat By contact 10 the air about them
and n this way. while the objects in the
room are raised to sufficient tempera-
lllre, the air Is moi rendered unpleasant
BY being overheated. This Is well
enough IN mild climates like those OF
England, but the experiment. of heating
rooms by open fires in this climate,
where the temperature frequently drops
below zero, cannot be made success.
In this country we are compelled to fall
back on the use Of hot air, which serves
she double purpose of conveying heat
from one room TO another and aids very
materially in ventilation. But we ara
not Obliged TO use the common hot-air
furnaces, land the Jackson heat-saving
and ventilating CRATE is a good illustra-
ton of a system which answers these
purposes very successfully. In Il we
seem TO have TIE problem of heating and
ventilation solved; as well do we secure
the cxhiliarating influence of the open
fire. With this CRATE the air is intro
duced to the room through an opening
above the fire, after having passed over
the heated surface of the gratc itself.
The doors and windows Of the room
might bo made air-tight, II possible. by
memberships and double sash, vet the
air of the room would be kept constant
" fresh and pure. being changed en-
tirely, il Is claimed, every twenty or
thirty minutes by supply Of invigorat-
ing, pleasant and warm air brought di-
rectly from the outside.
The difficulty and danger attending
the ordinary open fire are found in the
fact that II is impossible 50 to close the
cracks and creyices about the windows
and doors rs to prevent the cold air
rushing in and sweeping across the
room against the back. head or feet OF
the occupants. In cold weather, it be-
comes necessary 10 raise the fire to 50
high temperature that il will blister