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diff --git a/old/65955-0.txt b/old/65955-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f5d5326..0000000 --- a/old/65955-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,755 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of Orienting the House, by American Face -Brick Association - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Orienting the House - A Study of the Placing of the House with Relation to the Sun's - Rays - -Author: American Face Brick Association - -Release Date: July 29, 2021 [eBook #65955] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor, Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The - Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ORIENTING THE HOUSE *** - - - - - - Orienting the House - - _A study of the placing - of the house with - relation to the - sun’s rays_ - - [Illustration] - - _Price Twenty-five Cents_ - - - AMERICAN FACE BRICK ASSOCIATION - 130 North Wells Street - CHICAGO - - -© 1922. Eben Rodgers, President, A. F. B. A. - - - - -[Illustration: - - Detail of Residence, Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois - Walter Miller, Architect] - - - - - Orienting the House - - -In selecting a home site, there are a number of very important things -to be considered. When once you settle the point of convenient -accessibility to your work or place of business, you doubtless think -first of the neighborhood in which you and your family are going to -live, the kind of people about you, the church, school, and library -privileges, and such like questions. - -Then you will consider the physical character of the place, its slopes -and levels, its trees, its gardens, its outlook, or, in a word, its -attractiveness from an aesthetic point of view; to which are closely -related the practical questions of pure water supply, good drainage, -and shelter from the extremes of weather. No matter how attractive -otherwise a locality might be, you would not consider it for a moment -unless the conditions of sanitation and healthfulness were fully met; -and you would want some natural protection from the severe storms of -winter as well as from the blazing heat of summer. In the winter you -would want as little breeze and as much sun, and in the summer as -little sun and as much breeze as possible. - -Finally, in selecting your site, it would be well to have in mind the -house you intend to build and the way you want it to face. If possible, -get your house plan first and select your lot accordingly. Or, at any -rate, picture it all out in your mind to guide you in selecting your -location. By a little planning and forethought you may not only secure -the outlook you want but the exposures to sun or breeze most desired. -You cannot change climatic conditions or topography, but, to an -appreciable extent, you can adjust the location of your house to them. - -The Orientation Chart, here given, shows the points of sunrise and -sunset, on the horizon, midsummer and midwinter, as well as the -direction of the sunlight each successive hour of the midsummer and -midwinter day. The chart will thus aid you, so far as conditions -permit, in facing your house so as to get the sun or shade where you -want it. - -[Illustration: _Orientation Chart_ - - © 1922. Eben Rodgers, President, A. F. B. A. - - - _Issued by_ American Face Brick Association - - A·F·B·A - USE FACE BRICK - ――it Pays - - 130 North Wells Street, Chicago, Ill.] - -Chart to be used in connection with text of booklet, “Orienting the -House” - -In the first place, you see three broad, concentric circles, on the -outside of which the rising and setting sun is depicted for both -midsummer and midwinter day. The figures, 30°–50°, alongside of the sun -represent degrees of north latitude, wherever you may happen to live, -which, with the exception of most of Florida and southern Texas, cover -the United States. The short arrows show the direction of the sun’s -rays at sunrise and sunset. - -[Illustration: - - Garden Side of Residence, Westbury, L. I. - Peabody, Wilson & Brown, Architects] - -The inner circle represents your horizon, and the degrees marked upon -it show the points of sunrise and sunset, north or south of the direct -east and west line. These angular distances, in terms of degrees, are -called amplitudes, north or south, and must not be confused with the -degrees of latitude on the earth’s surface, indicated by the numbers -along side of the sun, though intimately dependent upon them. The -amplitude of the horizon point, where the sun rises and sets from -time to time during the year, always depends upon the latitude on the -earth’s surface where you happen to live, as may be seen by following -with your eye the direction of the arrows of latitude through the -amplitude circle. Starting from the number indicating the latitude -where you live, trace the arrow until it touches the amplitude circle. -You can then read the degree on it which shows how far north or south -of the east and west line the sun rises or sets. We are indebted to -Professor Philip Fox, of the Dearborn Astronomical Observatory at -Evanston, Illinois, for determining these points. - -The two outer circles are sun-dials for midsummer and midwinter day at -the 40th degree of north latitude; and, if you imagined them pivoted -on their rising and setting points and tipped up from the south to -represent the slanting path of the sun during the day, they show the -direction from which the sun is shining during successive hours of the -day (or night on the other side of the world). The shaded portions of -these circles represent night, which for all northern latitudes is -short in summer and long in winter, as the day is short in winter and -long in summer. If you examine the hour spaces on the winter dial of -your winter night, you will find them exactly like those on the summer -dial of your summer day. So also your winter day hours are spaced like -your summer night hours. South of the equator, people have precisely -the same experiences only in the reverse order. New Zealanders, we -fancy, wear straw hats in January and fur caps in July. If you liked -summer well enough and cared to move, you could live in a perpetual -summer on our little globe. It is probable, however, that, like most -people, you rather prefer the change of seasons, in spite of occasional -extremes. - -The irregular hour spaces on the dials would make it appear that the -sun moves around the earth in a sort of jerky way. On the contrary, it -moves, or rather the earth rotates, at an absolutely uniform rate, but -the tilt of the sun’s path to your horizon line gives you at certain -points a fore-shortened view by which the sun seems to cover various -distances at various stages of its course. - -The sun-dial time is used on our chart as it more universally applies -at different meridians on a given latitude, than does our standard time -which, for the sake of timepiece uniformity, is a compromise based on -mean solar time. As the earth’s orbit is such as to make the sun gain -a little or lose a little in crossing the meridian each day during -the year, the total _annual_ time of the sun is averaged into uniform -_daily_ periods, which in turn are divided into 24 uniform hours and -referred to certain meridians the world round, about an hour apart. -To show the exact position of the sun in strict agreement with these -standardized hours would require a special chart for every degree of -longitude, and then be of no especial value for our present purpose; -for while the astronomer must have exact time to the fraction of a -second, the differences between watch and sun-dial are not enough at -any time to affect essentially our problem. So that, if you do not -find the hours marked on our summer and winter sun-dials, at any time, -exactly agreeing with your watch, you may, nevertheless, trust them to -show you accurately enough from what direction the sun is shining at -different hours of the day. - -[Illustration: - - Residence, St. Paul, Minnesota James Alan MacLeod, Architect] - -The chart is drawn for midsummer and midwinter day on the 40th degree -of north latitude, which is taken as the best average line that runs -midway of the country from ocean to ocean, passing through or near New -York City (N); Philadelphia, Pa; Columbus and Cincinnati (S), Ohio; -Indianapolis, Ind. (S); Springfield, Ill. (S); St. Louis and Kansas -City, Mo. (S); the northern boundary of Kansas; Denver, Colo. (S); Salt -Lake City, Utah (N); Carson City, Nev. (S); and Sacramento, Calif. (S). -With the exception of St. Louis and Sacramento, which are something -over a degree south of this line, all of these places are either on it -or within less than a degree of it, north or south. - -[Illustration: - - Residence, Buffalo, New York Edw. Henrich, Architect] - -You will see, as drawn on the chart, how the sun’s rays morning -and evening, summer and winter, are indicated streaming out in the -direction of the latitude arrows marked 40°. If you live on or near -any of the other degrees of latitude, indicated by the other arrows, -imagine the center of the sun slipped up or down to that point, and -then trace the rays lightly with a soft pencil across the chart in -lines parallel with the respective arrows. - -[Illustration: “Home of Beauty,” Design 101, Rear View] - -Of course, if you make any change, all four suns must be moved in a -corresponding way, for you will observe how beautifully symmetrical -the chart is. For any given northern latitude, the midsummer sun rises -and sets _north_ of due east and west at exactly corresponding points -on the eastern and western horizons, and these points in turn exactly -correspond, six months later, with those for midwinter day _south_ of -due east and west. - -And this exact correspondence east and west, for the day, and north -and south, for the season, will obtain for any day in the year, or -for any place you take on the earth’s surface. Of course, it must be -noted that the time of rising and setting will change with every new -position taken. If you draw the midsummer sun down and the midwinter -sun correspondingly up until they coalesce at “E” and “W,” you have the -equinoxes about March 21st and September 21st, with the sun rising and -setting due east and west, and equal day and night in any part of the -world except the poles. - -[Illustration: - - Residence, Highland Park, Illinois N. Max Dunning, Architect] - -Living where you do, somewhere between 30° and 50° north latitude, the -sun, summer or winter, will never pass overhead at noon but shine on -a slant from the south, very much more in winter than summer. This -slant of the sun, however, will not concern you practically so much -in placing your house, as will the time and direction of sunrise at -the extremes of June and December, and the position of the sun the -successive hours of the day, at those times of the year. - -You have certain rooms in which you especially want the sun, morning or -afternoon; or a porch you want as much in the shade as possible, let us -say. In tracing the direction of the sun’s rays, do not think of them -as converging or as spreading out. Think of them rather as coming in -great, broad, parallel bands so that no matter how large your house may -be, the moment one side gets the sun, the opposite parallel side falls -into shade. The broad band of parallel lines streaming from the sun, as -seen on the chart, is meant to illustrate this. - -Now cut a piece of light cardboard in the shape of your house, at a -greatly reduced scale, with all its porches and projections, as, for -example, the blank form on the chart. Attach it with a pin at the -center of the chart, so it may be easily turned. First place your house -facing directly east. You will see on midsummer day that the north and -east elevations will get the first morning sun. About 8 o’clock the sun -will leave the north side and begin to illuminate the south elevation. -At noon, the sun will pass from the east to the west side of the house, -and then, at 4 o’clock, leave the south and creep back to the north -side of the house, shining on west and north sides from then on until -its setting between 7 and 8 o’clock in the evening. - -[Illustration: - - Residence, Glencoe, Illinois Robert E. Seyfarth, Architect] - -At the opposite season of the year, that is, in midwinter, your house, -still faced directly east, will have the first sun between 7 and 8 -o’clock in the morning on the east and south sides. At noon, the east -side will be deserted for the west, and from then on the south and -west sides of the house will have the sun until its setting between 4 -and 5 o’clock. Thus, in the winter, the north side of your house will -get no sun at all. This would hardly be a good place for the kitchen, -though it would be well enough in the summer, as the sun would be out -of it by 8 o’clock in the morning and not return until 4 o’clock in the -afternoon when its rays are shorn of much of their midday strength. You -know, of course, that during the changing seasons or the changing hours -of the day, the sun’s warmth depends largely on the slant of its rays. -In the summer, the north side would be a good place for a shady porch -most of the day. However, the east side of the house would give you a -shady porch from noon till sunset. But a porch around the northeast -corner would give you shade from 8 o’clock in the morning clear through -the day until sunset. - -By turning your house one way or another from this direct east and -west position, you can see what modifications of sun and shade you -get. Suppose you turn it northeast, almost facing the morning sun on -midsummer day. The front of the house would directly get the rising -sun between 4 and 5 o’clock in the morning. At 6 o’clock, the south -front would come into the sunlight. At half-past 10 o’clock, the east -front would fall into shade for the rest of the day, while the west -front would begin to catch the sun. By 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon, -the south side would be in the shade for the rest of the day and the -north side would get the sun from then on till sunset, between 7 and 8 -o’clock. A porch on the east front of this house would be in the shade -all the summer day after half-past 10 o’clock. But, in the winter, it -would not be so fortunate as the house faced to the cardinal points, -for, as just indicated, it would get the sun only on two sides all day -long; and yet the summer advantages might more than compensate. Try -slighter turns than those suggested, and you may get just the result -you want for a given room or porch. - -The placing of your house for the sun is really a problem of settling -on the rooms or porches you want favored, and then letting the other -portions of the house take care of themselves. In determining these -questions of sun and shade on your house, due consideration must be -given to neighboring structures, trees, or portions of the house that -might otherwise get the sun if it were not for certain extensions, -such as bays, porches, L’s, and the like. Of course, nearby hills or -mountains would have a marked effect on just when you got the sun in -the morning or lose it in the evening, no matter where or when the sun -really rose and set. - -[Illustration: - - Bungalow, New Orleans Nathan Kohlman, Architect] - -As already suggested, if you live on or near any of the other degrees -of north latitude marked, imagine the center of the suns slipped -around to that degree, and then draw light pencil lines across the -chart parallel with the respective arrows. Do the same also for other -parts of the year than the solstices which are shown here. For each -succeeding month, move the center of the suns down and up from the -solsticial points about a third of the distance to “E.” At “E” the sun -has reached either equinox and will rise directly in the east and set -directly in the west. Remember that for several days on either side of -a given position of the sun, there will be no essential change in the -direction of its rays that you need practically to consider. - -But at the times, other than the solstices, while you can thus get -the direction of the rising and setting sun, the sun-dial of our -chart won’t exactly apply. What happens is that as the sun moves down -or up from the solstice to the equinox, the summer hour spaces grow -more uniform, while the winter hours grow somewhat longer. But with -the general direction of the morning and afternoon light settled for -the two solsticial extremes, the hour position of the sun during the -between seasons will not be of so much importance. - -Of course, you can’t have everything in this world exactly your own -way, but by studying carefully the Orientation Chart in connection -with your plans for building a home, you may get many valuable hints -for selecting your lot and locating your house which will lead to -arrangement of lasting satisfaction to you in the coziness, comfort, -and attractiveness of your home. A sunny corner or a shady spot, where -you need it and when you need it, may cure an invalid or develop a -poet, as the case may be and as the years go on. - - - - - _The Right Kind of House to Orient_ - - -Before you have the problem of orienting your home, you have the more -important problem of deciding on the kind of home you intend to build. -It is one of the most, if not the most, important question you have to -settle. - -In the first place, it is an economic question, for you want to be sure -of getting value received for the money you expend. To do so, the house -you build must, aside from its satisfactory design, be permanent; it -must be easily and economically maintained; it must be comfortable and -safe against fire; and it must be attractive. In a word, it must give -you satisfaction in every way, inasmuch as you and your family are -going to be in it a long time; or, if circumstances compel you to move, -you want the house to make a persuasively attractive appeal to the -intending renter or purchaser. - -Such a house you can build of brick, the endurance of which has been -demonstrated through thousands of years. “By frost, nor fire, nor -flood, nor even time are well burned clays destroyed.” This permanence -of brick construction means a saving on insurance rates, on upkeep, and -on depreciation, while the material lends itself to the most beautiful -and varied artistic effects. “Strength and beauty,” the essential -characteristics of all good building, may be fully met in brick -construction. - -If you have not already seen _The Story of Brick_, you should send for -a copy, as you will find in it many valuable suggestions. - - AMERICAN FACE BRICK ASSOCIATION - 130 North Wells Street - CHICAGO - - - Rogers & Company, Chicago and New York - - -[Illustration: backcover] - - - - - Transcriber’s Notes: - - ――Text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). - - ――Obvious printer’s, punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were - silently corrected. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ORIENTING THE HOUSE *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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