Railway Locomotives and Cars, 68. sējumsSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1894 |
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324. lappuse - ... 9. It is most desirable that double windows should be used, and so arranged that they can be locked fast in winter time, but readily opened in summer time. " 10. It is most desirable that an inside swinging door be used, so as to form an air lock or inside vestibule, to prevent the admission of cold air and dust every time the doors to the platforms are opened.
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324. lappuse - ... 6. The fresh warm air should be distributed through as many openings and as low down as it can be conveniently arranged for, and the foul air should be carried off through as many small openings in the roof of the car as can conveniently be arranged for in winter.
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324. lappuse - ... 3. Fresh air admitted must be of a temperature in winter time of about seventy degrees Fahrenheit. " 4. Fresh air so admitted in winter time must have added to it a proper degree of moisture for the temperature at which it is admitted, according to the average humidity of the atmosphere, when at seventy degrees in the climate in which the cars are running.
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