2. On a Method of Cooling the Atmosphere of Rooms in a Tropical Climate.

Abstract

After stating the case distinctly, and dwelling emphatically on its importance, as shewn by individual instances in private life, and by the statistics of the world at large, the author proceeded to describe the various methods adopted at present in India, and shewed their incapacity to meet the end proposed, as they merely agitated the air already in a room, or perniciously overloaded it with moisture.