Modern School Houses (1910)
Modern School Houses was written by A.D.F. Hamilton and published in 1910. It contains a series of authoritative articles on planning, sanitation, heating, and ventilatio...
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Notes on Heating and Ventilation (1905)
Notes on Heating and Ventilation was written by John R. Allen and published in 1905. "The chapters comprising this book are a brief resume of the lectures delivered by th...
Practical Ventilation As Applied to Public, Domestic, and Agricultural Structures (1850)
Practical Ventilation As Applied to Public, Domestic, and Agricultural Structures was written by Robert Scott Burn and published in 1850. It was presented as "an elucidat...
The Principles of Heating (1912)
The Principles of Heating was written by William G. Snow and published in 1912. It is "a practical and comprehensive treatise on applied theory in heating." To access thi...
Progressive Furnace Heating (1914)
Progressive Furnace Heating was written by Alfred G. King and published in 1914. It is "a practical manual of designing, estimating, and installing modern systems for hea...
Report of Progress in Warm-Air Furnace Research (1919)
The Report of Progress in Warm-Air Furnace Research was published in 1919 as part of the Engineering Experiment Station at the University of Illinois. To access this book...
Steam Heating and Ventilation (1902)
Steam Heating and Ventilation was written by William S. Monroe and published in 1902. It contains information about steam heating systems, indirect radiators, radiation, ...
Steam Heating: A Manual of Practical Data (1922)
Steam Heating: A Manual of Practical Data was published by Warren Webster & Company in 1922. To access this book online, click here.
Steam-Heating Problems (1886)
Steam-Heating Problems (or, Questions, Answers, and Descriptions Relating to Steam-Heating and Steam-Fitting) was published by The Sanitary Engineer in 1886. To access th...
The Elements of Heating and Ventilation (1913)
The Elements of Heating and Ventilation by Arthur M. Greene was published in 1913 as a text-book for students, engineers, and architects. To access this book online, clic...