The Architectural magazine . 284 Effects which should result to Architecture. extent necessary to that purpose, without any interference withthose modes and rules of design which are now in vogue. Asit regards mere dwelling-houses, every reasonable precautionagainst fire would be taken, in substituting ironwork for car-pentry in the roof and floors, the inner partitions being ofmasonry, like the outer walls. In such case, almost all that isnow joinery might remain so; since no fire, originating in acci-dent, and left to itself, would do much injury to floor boarding,skirtings, doors, shutters,
The Architectural magazine . 284 Effects which should result to Architecture. extent necessary to that purpose, without any interference withthose modes and rules of design which are now in vogue. Asit regards mere dwelling-houses, every reasonable precautionagainst fire would be taken, in substituting ironwork for car-pentry in the roof and floors, the inner partitions being ofmasonry, like the outer walls. In such case, almost all that isnow joinery might remain so; since no fire, originating in acci-dent, and left to itself, would do much injury to floor boarding,skirtings, doors, shutters, &c. Fire would require solid beamsor joists in continuous proximity. Wood, by the foot super-ficial, would soon be abandoned as a food too meagre for itsmore grasping voracity; nor need we fear attaching to the irontrusses of the roof, and to the iron joists of the floors, ceilingjoists of wood. The virtues of the plastered and whitenedceiling, in all dwelling-houses, will ever continue to be acknow-ledged, on account of the cleanliness it insures, and the reflectedli
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