. American pomology : Apples. Apples. 292 AMERICAN POMOLOGY. thickly painted, and nailed to upright studding. The outer casing in some houses is made of brick. The inside of the brick wall is covered with roofing cement, or pitch, or some other air-tight coating. {K K) doors 6 or 8 inches thick, filled with chaff or shavings, and fitted tightly to the door-frames, by listing or cloth nailed over thin layers of cotton. (X) The ice-chamber. (X) Joists to support the ice floor, resting 2 inches on the posts at Q, {N) Iron bars, 1\ inches wide, and \ inch thick,. Fi^.28.—ntce's fruit preserving ho
. American pomology : Apples. Apples. 292 AMERICAN POMOLOGY. thickly painted, and nailed to upright studding. The outer casing in some houses is made of brick. The inside of the brick wall is covered with roofing cement, or pitch, or some other air-tight coating. {K K) doors 6 or 8 inches thick, filled with chaff or shavings, and fitted tightly to the door-frames, by listing or cloth nailed over thin layers of cotton. (X) The ice-chamber. (X) Joists to support the ice floor, resting 2 inches on the posts at Q, {N) Iron bars, 1\ inches wide, and \ inch thick,. Fi^.28.—ntce's fruit preserving house, .(longitudinal section.) gained \ inch into the joists, and placed crosswise to them. A bar must always be put directly under the seams and rivets. Three bars are enough to be under a sheet 30 inches wide. {M) The galvanized-iron ice floor. No. 18 or 20; the edges joined with rivets not more than 1 inch apart, '#id very carefully soldered. The ice floor is put on the edges of the iron bars so as to expose every part of its surface, on which ice directly rests, to the air of the room below, {S) Sides of ice room made of upright. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Warder, J. A. (John Aston), 1812-1883. New York : Orange Judd and company
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