Architect's Report and Plans for the Improvement of the Lighting, Heating, Ventilation, and Acoustics of Senate Chamber and Hall of House of Representatives, 1864 (Classic Reprint)

United States; Congress; Joint Select Committee Of The Senate And House Of Representatives

ISBN 10: 0666104395 / ISBN 13: 9780666104397

Published by Forgotten Books, 2019

Seller Inventory # 380457702

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Excerpt from Architect's Report and Plans for the Improvement of the Lighting, Heating, Ventilation, and Acoustics of Senate Chamber and Hall of House of Representatives, 1864

The new windows will be filled in with stained glass, which will pro duce a soft and agreeable light.

It is proposed to light the Senate chamber at night by means of eight circular burners of Frink's patent, with powerful reflectors, one placed over each; and the House of Representatives with thirteen circular burners, having a reflector over each, by which means the light can be increased to any amount desired, and the present objectionable heat from the great number of unprotected burners on the ceiling will be altogether done away with, as there will be placed over each reflector a Copper dome, surmounted by a Copper chimney eight inches in diameter, passing out vertically through the roof, which must attract all the heat upwards, while it reflects all the light downwards. To elucidate which the undersigned submits the accompanying drawings of Frink's patent reflector, which he would recommend as the best means of lighting the Halls of Congress.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Architect's Report and Plans for the ...
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New