A practical treatise on the construction, heating and ventilation of hot-houses; : including conservatories, green-houses, graperies and other kinds of horticultural . •9 -StJ 44 STRUCTURES ADAPTED TO PARTICULAR PURPOSES. linear house, and should be made of iron, as a curvature for thispurpose can be made cheaper of iron than of wood, and istighter and more durable. Iron beams are made to screw intothe rafters, b, b, b, b, having- a fillet in which the smaller raftersare placed, on which the sashes run. We have seen two methodsof constructing this kind of roof, — the one just des
A practical treatise on the construction, heating and ventilation of hot-houses; : including conservatories, green-houses, graperies and other kinds of horticultural . •9 -StJ 44 STRUCTURES ADAPTED TO PARTICULAR PURPOSES. linear house, and should be made of iron, as a curvature for thispurpose can be made cheaper of iron than of wood, and istighter and more durable. Iron beams are made to screw intothe rafters, b, b, b, b, having- a fillet in which the smaller raftersare placed, on which the sashes run. We have seen two methodsof constructing this kind of roof, — the one just described, inwhich the sashes are made to slide, and another, in which thesashes are made to rise on hinges, by which the house may beaired, over the whole surface of the roof, or entirely exposed, foradmission of a congenial shower of rain, or for hardening thevines or peach trees, after the crop has been gathered. Thearrangement by which this is effected is exceedingly simple, notliable to get out of repair, and is applicable to all kinds of houses,whether the roof is formed of curved or straight lines. Thisform of house is considered by Loudon as the 7ie plus ultra ofimp
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