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5<lb/><p>I <del>will</del> begin with supposing two stories of Cells. I In the under story, the thickness<lb/>of the walls 2½ foot. From thence, clear depth of each Cell, from the window to the grating,<lb/>13 foot: from thence to the ends of the partition-walls 3 foot more; which gives the length<lb/>of the protracted partitions. Breadth of the Intermediate Area 14 foot. Total from the<lb/>outside of the building to the Lodge, 35 foot: including the thickness of the walls. I In the<lb/>Upper Story, the Cell will be but 9 foot | 5<lb/><p>I <del>will</del> begin with supposing two stories of Cells. I In the under story, the thickness<lb/>of the walls 2½ foot. From thence, clear depth of each Cell, from the window to the grating,<lb/>13 foot: from thence to the ends of the partition-walls 3 foot more; which gives the length<lb/>of the protracted partitions. Breadth of the Intermediate Area 14 foot. Total from the<lb/>outside of the building to the Lodge, 35 foot: including the thickness of the walls. I In the<lb/>Upper Story, the Cell will be but 9 foot deep: the difference between that and the 13 foot,<lb/>which is their depth in the Under Story, being taken up by a Gallery, which surrounds<lb/>the protracted partitions. This Gallery supplies in this Upper Story, the place of an<lb/>Intermediate Area on that floor: and by means of steps, which I shall come to presently,<lb/>forms the communication between the Upper Story of Cells, to which it is attached,<lb/>and the lower story of the Cells, together with the Intermediate Area, and the Lodge. I The<lb/>spot most remote from the place where the light comes in from, I mean the central spot<lb/>of the building, will not be more than 50 foot distant from that place: a distance <del><gap/></del><lb/>not greater, I imagine, than what is oftentimes exemplified in Churches; even such as<lb/>are not furnished, in the manner of this building, with windows in the extreme part of the<lb/>exterior boundary. But the Inspector's windows will not be more than 32½ from the<lb/>light.</p><p>It would be found convenient, I believe, on many accounts, and in most<lb/>instances, to make one story of the Lodge serve for two stories of the Cells : especially in<lb/>any situation when ground is valuable; the number of persons to be inspected large,<lb/>the room necessary for each person not very considerable, and frugality and necessity<lb/>more attended to than appearance.</p><p>For this purpose the floor of the ground story of the Lodge is elevated<lb/>to within about 4½ feet of the floor of the first story of the Cells. By this means the<lb/>Inspectors eyes, when he stands up, will be on or a little above, the level of the floor of the<lb/>above mentioned Upper Story of the Cells: and, at any rate, he will command both that<lb/>and the ground story of the Cells, without difficulty, and without change of posture.</p> | ||
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I will begin with supposing two stories of Cells. I In the under story, the thickness
of the walls 2½ foot. From thence, clear depth of each Cell, from the window to the grating,
13 foot: from thence to the ends of the partition-walls 3 foot more; which gives the length
of the protracted partitions. Breadth of the Intermediate Area 14 foot. Total from the
outside of the building to the Lodge, 35 foot: including the thickness of the walls. I In the
Upper Story, the Cell will be but 9 foot deep: the difference between that and the 13 foot,
which is their depth in the Under Story, being taken up by a Gallery, which surrounds
the protracted partitions. This Gallery supplies in this Upper Story, the place of an
Intermediate Area on that floor: and by means of steps, which I shall come to presently,
forms the communication between the Upper Story of Cells, to which it is attached,
and the lower story of the Cells, together with the Intermediate Area, and the Lodge. I The
spot most remote from the place where the light comes in from, I mean the central spot
of the building, will not be more than 50 foot distant from that place: a distance
not greater, I imagine, than what is oftentimes exemplified in Churches; even such as
are not furnished, in the manner of this building, with windows in the extreme part of the
exterior boundary. But the Inspector's windows will not be more than 32½ from the
light.
It would be found convenient, I believe, on many accounts, and in most
instances, to make one story of the Lodge serve for two stories of the Cells : especially in
any situation when ground is valuable; the number of persons to be inspected large,
the room necessary for each person not very considerable, and frugality and necessity
more attended to than appearance.
For this purpose the floor of the ground story of the Lodge is elevated
to within about 4½ feet of the floor of the first story of the Cells. By this means the
Inspectors eyes, when he stands up, will be on or a little above, the level of the floor of the
above mentioned Upper Story of the Cells: and, at any rate, he will command both that
and the ground story of the Cells, without difficulty, and without change of posture.
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