The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-12
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Have the Bedroom Wlpdows Do ~ 20 ~.
cslvs the Sunlight.
That q healthy room is usually, II
not always, light room, and that
there IL some connection between dark
ness and disease, in addition to the fact
that both words begin with the samo
letter and that they therefore sound
we'll together, are generally admitted.
When, however, we como TO consider
the principles or rules which either do
or should guide the architect in his
plans for either natural or artificial
illumination, IL will be found
that they are rather empirical.
and are not always or even
frequently followed. M. Trelat's def.
milton OF well-lighted room is that II
,is one in which light has been intro
fduced in sufficient quantity and has
been so distributed that objects in any
part Of It are clearly seen without
special effort This is much too vague
for either scientific or practical pur-
poses. Must we require that room
shall be 80 light that one con In any
part OF It without trouble see clearly
! the eye Of fine cambria needleP That
might be proper requirement in q
watch factory, but is unnecessary 70
demand II in living rooms.
: On the other hand, IL seems prob
able that TO keep q living room healthy
IL needs not only the diffused light Of
day, but the entrance Of the direct
rays Of the sun-that is, we want sum
ming as we'll as lighting. II we have
an isolated house in this latitude, It's
east, west and south sides will be we'll
summed, while It's north side will not.
For such q house the rules for window
height and area, from sanitary point
,of view, are that for rooms having
windows upon but one side the area Of
the openings should be at least ono
fourth or one-fifth Of the area OF the
wall in which they are placed, and the
distance from the window to the op-
posite wall should not be more than
ono and one-half times tho height Of
the top Of the window from the floor.
II we speak OF houses in city we have
10 take into consideration the shadows
cast by other houses and the width
of the street in It's relation to
the height OF the houses upon
IL. The theoretical rule is that the
height Of buildings on q street should
never exceed one and O half times
the width OF the street. Although, as
stated above, the north side Of the
house Is less summed, yet north win
..dows give very agreeable light.
They are preferred by those who work
Immediately in front Of windows. as
'microscopists, draughtsmen, ETC., and
are strongly recommended for the main
source Of lighting Of school rooms,
though in this case they should al
ways be supplemented by windows in
the east or west walls. For bedrooms
south windows are preferable.
In the lighting OF school rooms the
chief point as to direction Is that the
principal light should come from the
left Of the scholars, and that they
should never face the light So long
uo Luoo0 Tuico ttro OOooTNo0 thCEO CtSi
mot be too much light in q school room
and there need be no fear about cross
lights unless the room is to be used
as q drawing school, and even then 4
is easy enough to cut of
the light from one side. II
living rooms, and more especially
in drawing-rooms and parlors. the full
benefit of the windows Is, as a rule, no
obtained. They are more or less OBJ
scured with curtains and draperiei
which are 30 arranged as to cut OF
precisely that part Of the window
which is most important for illuminat
ing purposes-viz., the top. Careful
housekeepers do not want sunlight II
their parlors, and so long as this is tn
case, 1t is probable that they will no
have 1t, sanitary reformers to the con
trary Notwithstanding. In planning
dwelling, therefore, we should Try I
give the windows Of the bedrooms sucl
an aspect that they will receive tn
sunlight, and the sane should be don
for the room which 10 to be the chic
sitting and living room, while tn
apartments Of state can do very wei
without much natural illumination. :
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