CHAPTER XV

OTHER BUILDINGS

Drying-houses for crepe rubber--How many storeys--Ventilation --Windows--Effect of light--Effect of direct sun-rays--Hot-air houses--Smoke-houses--Various types--Ordinary smoke-houses-- General ventilation--Windows--Racks of supports--Floors-- Furnaces in general--Pit-fires--Pot-fires--Iron stoves-- Horizontal drum-furnaces--Rate of combustion--Brick stoves-- Pataling type of--Consumption of fuel--Floor of furnace room-- Roof--Brick built houses--"Third Mile" type--Jackson cabinet-- Devon type--Detailed description of--Barker patent design 178