Paper, 'Effect of floor-deafening on the sanitary condition of dwelling houses' by Etta Johnstone and Thomas Carnelley

Description

The authors write: '“Deafening” is the material which is laid upon boards fitted in between the joists of a floor to prevent the passage of sound into the room below. This material is used largely on the Continent and in many parts of this country, especially in Scotland, and is supposed to consist of a mixture of coarse mortar and smith’s ashes, but in general it appears to be of a much more questionable nature, particularly in the case of low-class houses. It is also supposed by some builders to prevent the passage of smell; but houses are known to have been rendered uninhabitable by its presence, the cinders, which form the great bulk of the substance, being more or less contaminated according to the place whence obtained and other attendant circumstances.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Civil engineering

Received 7 February 1889. Read 14 February 1889. Communicated by Henry Roscoe.

A version of this paper was published in volume 45 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Effect of floor-deafening on the sanitary condition of dwelling houses'.

Reference number

PP/13/17

Earliest possible date

1889

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

6 pages

Format

Manuscript