The Heating and Ventilating of Buildings (1916)
The Heating and Ventilating of Buildings was published in 1916 by B.F. Sturtevant Company. It contains interesting old photos of factories and railway buildings.
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The Ideal Fitter: American Radiators & Ideal Boilers (1910)
The Ideal Fitter: American Radiators & Ideal Boilers was published by the American Radiator Company in 1910 and contains the boilers and radiators they manufactured at th...
The Metal Worker (1891)
The Metal Worker, published in 1891, contains essays on house heating by steam, hot water, and hot air, with introduction and tabular comparisons. To access this book onl...
The School House, Its Heating and Ventilation (1905)
The School House, Its Heating and Ventilation was written by Joseph A. Moore and published in 1905. The writer was "engaged in the inspection of public buildings in Massa...
The Ventilation Handbook (1916)
The Ventilation Handbook was written by Charles L. Hubbard and published in 1916. It outlines "the principles and practice of ventilation as applied to furnace heating; d...
The Ventilation of Dwelling Houses (1881)
This book on ventilation and heat was written by Frederick Edwards, Jr. and published in 1881. It contains information about the ventilation of dwelling houses and the ut...
Ventilation and Heating (1893)
Ventilation and Heating was written by John S. Billings and published in 1893. To access this book online, click here.
Ventilation in American Dwellings (1858)
Ventilation in American Dwellings was written by D.B. Reid and published in 1858. It contains a series of diagrams, presenting examples in different classes of habitation...
Warming Buildings By Hot Water (1917)
Warming Buildings By Hot Water is "a practical treatise upon warming industrial and residential buildings, places of worship and horticultural glasshouses, heating drying...
Wiring Diagrams, Heating and Ventilation, Miscellaneous Tables (1910)
Wiring Diagrams, Heating and Ventilation, Miscellaneous Tables is a booklet from Machinery's Data Sheets, published in 1910. To access this book online, click here.