Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Lighting of School-Rooms: A Manual for School Boards, Architects, Superintendents and Teachers
In Constructing a New Building General Sanitary Requirements - Aim of the Lighting. - The Lighting as Afiected by the Type of the Building. - Light should be Put in the Rooms Used for Class-room Purposes - Amount of Window Space - Dimensions of the Rooms - Location of the Light. - Reasons for Unilateral Lighting from the Left - Bilateral Light ing: (a) from Right and Left, (b) from Left and Rear -soft Coal and Left and Rear Lighting. - Over head Lighting - Summary Regarding Direction of the Light. - Location Of Windows - Application to a Standard Room - Adaptation to Cold Climates - NO Arching of Windows Permissible unless on Upper Floors. - Width and Structure of Window. - Secur ing Unity in the Lighting - Revolving Sash. - Value of Clear Glass - Columns, Pillars to be Avoided. Color of Ceiling and Side Walls. - Curtaining Black boards. - The Shades. - Unforeseen Obstructions. The Furnishing of Rooms - Artificial Distribution of the Light: (a) the Prism, (b) Re?ectors, (c) Class Brick. - How to Reduce the Light - Artificial Il lamination.
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