Life under glass : Containing suggestions toward the formation of artificial climates / By George A. Shove.

  • Shove, George A.
Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Life under glass : Containing suggestions toward the formation of artificial climates / By George A. Shove. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    which the glass roof would slope upwards to the side of the buildings. The spaces between the columns could be left square at the top, or made more ornamental by arches, either round or Gothic. At the bottom, for three feet or upwards in height from the curbstones, iron plates would be substituted for glass, to avoid accidental breakage from hubs of wheels or other causes. Openings would be left at the ends of blocks, where there were cross-streets, suffi- cient to allow free passage to the tide of foot- people. There would also be openings opposite each store or house front. The glass in the sides would be set in movable iron sashes, which would be taken out on the approach of warm weather, and replaced before winter. The glass in the roof would remain permanently throughout the year, and in summer would be covered with canvas awnings. The cost of thus enclosing the sidewalks of the principal streets in any large city would not be great; while the benefits that would follow, in the