A practical treatise on warming buildings by hot water; on ventilation, and the various methods of distributing artificial heat, and their effects on animal and vegetable physiology. To which are added, an inquiry into the laws of radiant and conducted heat, the chemical constitution of coal, and the combustion of smoke.
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| Author / Creator: | Hood, Charles, 1805-1889 |
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| Edition: | 2d ed., greatly enl., and illustrated by numerous wood cuts. |
| Imprint: | London, Whittaker & Co., 1844. |
| Description: | xii, 348 p. illus., diagrs. 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2340941 |
| Item Description: | "In the present work there have been incorporated several papers ... which have been read before the Institution of Civil Engineers; and also the author's articles on 'Stoves' and 'Ventilation,' published in the Encyclopædia metropolitana."--Pref. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 348 p. illus., diagrs. 23 cm. |
