This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...thoroughly protected against insects may be open to the air. Each piece of the frame is numbered, and can be easily placed in position or taken down and folded for transportation. The frames are well made and are said to last for years if carefully handled. The floor is of one-inch matched boards, laid four inches ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...thoroughly protected against insects may be open to the air. Each piece of the frame is numbered, and can be easily placed in position or taken down and folded for transportation. The frames are well made and are said to last for years if carefully handled. The floor is of one-inch matched boards, laid four inches above the ground on two by four inch timbers. The roof is of double thickness, and the upper layer or fly is raised eighteen inches by a projection from the iron framework of the house. No. 80.--The Metal Screen tent house with the canvas sides in position is well protected from the weather. No. 81.--The Metal Screen tent house with the canvas sides removed is a screened shelter open to the air on every side. The U. S. M. H. Tent House This building is twelve by fourteen feet inside measurements and will accommodate two persons (see Illustrations Nos. 83 and 84). It may be readily screened for the summer months and opened on all four sides, allowing free ventilation without disagreeable drafts. The roof, floor, and base are of wood and the remaining portions of the wall are canvas stretched on frames. The plates, rafters, ridge-pole, and fly poles have rounded edges. The sides are boarded with six inch matched boards and all upright pieces are nailed to joists. The distance between the cap and the plate is regulated by the height of the side No. 82.--A frame of angle iron supports the Metal Screen tent house. Each section is numbered, bolted together, and filled with wire netting. No. 83.--A cheap, substantial shelter for the summer months which can be opened and screened on all sides, in use at the U. S. Marine Hospital. wall of the house and should be as great as practicable. The door can be battened or made of canvas, either onehalf the length ...
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Add this copy of Fresh Air and How to Use It to cart. $24.14, good condition, Sold by BookDepart rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Shepherdstown, WV, UNITED STATES, published 1912 by The National Association for.
