ABSTRACT
Prominent architects such as Charles Barry, Alfred Waterhouse and Sir George Gilbert Scott had assigned functions of fresh air supply or discharge of smoke and vitiated air to the towers that were so integral to their designs. In the Introduction to his Diagrams of the Ventilation of St George’s Hall, Dr. Reid emphasized the importance of appointing a person with the right qualifications to take charge of the maintenance and daily operations of the warming and ventilation system that he had designed. The arrangement for fresh air supply at St George’s Hall is an elegant, effective way of preconditioning the air by ground coupling, delivering the air supply below ambient air temperature in the summer and above ambient air temperature in the winter. Upon the recommendation of the architect, Liverpool corporation appointed Dr. Reid as consulting engineer for heating and ventilation for St George’s Hall in 1841.
