Author: Charles Hood
Title: 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
Description: London, Whittaker & Co. 1844. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this scientific book regarding the ventilation of buildings. The very scarce second edition. In full cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. With numerous vignette wood-cut illustrations throughout. An interesting scientific work regarding the ventilation of buildings by hot water. Detailing the various methods of distributing artificial heat, and their effects on animal and vegetable physiology. Including an overview of the laws of radiant and conducted heat and the chemical constitution of coal. Complete with the half title page and four pages of the publisher's advertisements to the front of the book. In full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some light shelf wear to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Staining to the upper rear board. Bumping to the spine. Chipping to the upper spine. Internally, binding slightly strained but still firmly bound. Pages age-toned but otherwise bright and clear. The odd small mark throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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