Horses and stables / [Frederick Wellington John Fitzwygram].

  • Fitzwygram, Frederick, Sir, 1823-1904.
Date:
1881
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Horses and stables / [Frederick Wellington John Fitzwygram]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dublin, Island Bridge, new block Ditto Royal barracks . Ditto ditto Officers (new York, old barrack . Ditto new, with room overhead Ditto open roof Hounslow .... Norwich ..... Windsor (old) Manchester .... Glasgow (new) Woolwich, new model In cavalry barracks, however, it is usual, when circumstances admit of it, and that is nearly always the case, to allow one or two spare stalls in each stable ; and the cubical space per horse is of course thereby increased. The stables generally hold four- teen or sixteen horses. 11. Faulty plans of construction in stables. Many stables from their construction are difficult to ventilate properly. In some the construction is such that proper venti- lation is impossible. In others ventilation is easy enough, but at the expense of an objectionable degree of draught on the horses. Lastly, be the construction what it may, insufficient cubical space necessitates an amount of fresh air passing through the stable in order to keep it sweet, which must make it cold and draughty. The six plans annexed will serve to explain our meaning as to faults of construction. Plan A is an eight-stall stable of very frequent construction. It has a door and two windows in front. If the windows are large enough, and if the paving and drainage are good and the cubical space sufficient, the construction is not very bad; but it is open to the objection, that it gives no thorough ventilation, and consequently there is no sufficient circulation of air through the stable. The windows and doors are all on one side, namely on that furthest from the horses* nostrils. The air enters behind the horses and passes through the stable, and picks up 783 cubic feet. 560 1730 740 „ 1122 ] 546 630 735 739 „ 798 „ 1462 1793