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also permit of free ventilation, but they are not proof against heat, 

 are prison-like in appearance, and require a good deal of attention 

 in opening or closing to suit the light at diffeient hours of the day. 

 I now venture a suggestion to meet the difficulty. Let the 

 windows have a small top light shaded by the eaves. During the 

 hotter months when the sun is nearly vertical let the lower and 

 greater length of window be covered by a hood, as shown on the 

 sketch, capable of being drawn up to any required angle J, so as to 



HOOD 

 WHEN SOWN 



Pbrspecti¥e Smtcn. 



admit more and more sunlight up to the maximum. This could 

 be effected simultaneously on each side of a'ward by means of a 



