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the best method to suspend them from a wrought-iron or steel 

 rail, as shown on Plate 25, Figs. 2, 3, and 4. It will be seen 

 from these diagrams that the supports can be placed sufficiently- 

 close to save a light rail from any deflection, being only 3 feet 



from centre to centre for a doorway 

 ^^^' 7°- 6 feet in width. At the same time 



jrni f^ they are acting as stops, and bring 



the doors to their proper position 

 when shut ; and if secured by the 

 locking bar (Fig. 70) they do not 

 require any other fastening, if the supports are placed in the 

 positions indicated, for they cannot be pushed either to the 

 right or left when the bar is fast. 

 Hanging and The ordinary way of hanging with the strap suspending from 

 sliding doors. ^^^ secured to one side of the door only, so that the ends of 

 the brackets may be passed in sliding has a tendency to tip the 

 bottom of the door inwards, as it is not in equilibrium. Another 

 example of a sliding door will be found on Plate 27, with wheels 

 running on a rail secured to a sill framed with the door posts. 

 This door is also provided with two sliding inspection panels 

 a., a, for viewing the inside of a stable without disturbing the 

 inmates. An enlarged detail of the wheel and frame will be 

 found on the same plate. 

 Water supply. The water required for the various purposes of stabling 

 m.ay be drawn from a well on the premises, or supplied from 

 without. In either case the same system of distribution will be 

 required, although it is usual in the latter case, and where much 

 water is consumed, to have a meter with a stop cock (protected 

 by a meter house) as some check upon the supply. In the 

 stables illustrated on Plate 39 the pipes are shown in thick 

 dotted black lines, the gas supply being represented in full 

 strong lines. The water in this instance is raised to a wrought- 

 iron cistern having a capacity of 2000 gallons, and placed on 

 the top of a tank house. This is done by means of a 3j-inch 

 double-barrel brass pump, fitted with a common vacuum vessel 



