Word: cubic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...direction. The temperature in each room is regulated by dampers worked by compressed air, which in turn are governed by electricity, so that the temperature is controlled automatically and kept constant. A large blower in the basement delivers air to the different rooms at the rate of 24,000 cubic feet a minute, and is the amount this air is heated which determines the temperature. In this way there is a constant current of fresh air passing through the rooms, and yet their temperature remains unchanged. All that has to be done is to set an index at the required...
...building is 140 feet long by 50 feet wide, 16 feet high at the sides and 26 at the highest point of the trusses, on which the roof is supported, or a mean height of 21 feet. There is afforded, therefore, an inclosed space of nearly 5,400 cubic yards. One end of the cage is doubly boarded to furnish a solid smooth surface for hand-ball practice. On the inside the ceiling is formed by wire netting, which extends the whole length of the building, completely protects the windows and rafters, and prevents the sudden rebounding of batted balls...
...course training has developed more than any one in his class. His gains have been: In height, 1 1-2 in.; chest, 2 in.; calf, 1 in.; 'biceps, 1 1-2 in.; forearm, 34 in.; breadth of shoulders, 1 1-4 in; and in the capacity of lungs, 40 cubic in. Three men have given up the use of tobacco during the year, but many have taken up the habit, making the smokers 5 per cent in excess of what they were last year...
...extra sleep. Too much sleep is injurious, and must be gauged according to the individual. Ventilation is of vital importance in sleeping-rooms, as the maximum amount of carbonic dioxide that air can contain without fatal results is 1-1,000, and in one night we inhale about five cubic feet of this poisonous...
...third times as much. When walking at the rate of four miles an hour, fives times as much. When walking at the rate of six miles an hour, seven times as much. The increase is shown, perhaps, in a more striking way by Parker, estimating the different amounts in cubic inches. The flow of blood through the lungs is much less rapid when one takes little or no exercise; and the carbonic acid will not be removed from the system in so thorough a manner. If a man then is obliged to lead a life which deprives...