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Wind Stress & Houses:
"attempts to raise the standard of living and to serve men over wide geographical ranges. It makes possible comfortable conditions for man in the atmospheric extremes of arctic and tropical zones from which he has been previously excluded by the inability of housing to provide atmospheric-- thermal and humidity-- balances with man’s precise requirements; to complement, for instance, his unique temperature of 98.6°F., whether white, black, or yellow, whether at pole or equator.
"Another effect served by the large, rotating, 18-foot diameter ventilator… is that of proofing the house against the explosion effect… of tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoon, and major explosions… It is mounted not only rotatively but on a splined shaft which allows it to rise three feet above the house thus to release the pressure and then fall back into place as does the safety valve on a steam boiler…
“This conversion of advantage is entirely an engineering responsibility to society… So it becomes profitable to explore the advantage of the circle in terms of the efficient placement of energy units for the service it is desirable to provide.”
“Placement of the energy units at the center of the circular”
