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...
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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...
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 was written by John S. Billings and published in 1893. To access this book online, click here.
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 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 is a booklet from Machinery's Data Sheets, published in 1910. To access this book online, click here.
Here is an excellent piece about pneumatic controls for heating systems from an old-school leader in the field, Johnson Controls.

To some, water heaters are as mysterious as a black hole. That black hole sucks in nearly six million heaters (from the United States) each year as people endure the cycl...

You could install a water heater in your sleep, right? Well, you've probably had to deal with installations that look like that's what someone did, and they're not a pret...