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bring in the case of a in which the
higher & narrower it is the stronger greater draught there is,
whenever there is the smaller difference between the
temperature of the external atmosphere air at top and the
internal air at bottom.
4
3. Consumption
of time, on ascending
& descending
3. The greater the height of the upper stories
the more time would be lost as well on the part
of the prisoners as on that of the inspectors
in going ascending and descending up and down. But this as the
occasions of performing these operations + occur so
seldom in the day, this inconvenience consideration well could
hardly rise to the any very sensible height
after that that the objection resulting from the
want of light had risen so high as to be
conclusive.
5
4. Disadvantage
with regard to
the lighting the Chapel
no objection
Pantheon
150 foot
Diameter
At most 27 = 5
= 16/19
54 As the Chapel could not as a building of so great a diameter possess
a sufficient quantity of light without receiving being
illuminated illumination from above, and the illumination
would be fainter and fainter the greater the depth
to which it was conveyed the floor of the Chapel
can not on that account be more than a
certain depth below the sky light. Multiplying the number
Identifier: | JB/119/113/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 119.
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::floyd & co [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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arthur young |
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