A rudimentary treatise on warming and ventilation : being a concise exposition of the general principles of the art of warming and ventilating domestic and public buildings, mines, lighthouses, ships, etc / by Charles Tomlinson.

  • Tomlinson, Charles, 1808-1897.
Date:
1886
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Credit: A rudimentary treatise on warming and ventilation : being a concise exposition of the general principles of the art of warming and ventilating domestic and public buildings, mines, lighthouses, ships, etc / by Charles Tomlinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which have been clearly made out by the scientific chemistry of the last three-quarters of a century. These principles are expounded at some length in the following little work, now issued for the third time; but as their application involves a description of other men's inventions, and a compilation from other men's books, I have made free use of the labours of writers who have preceded me on the subject; but I am not aware of having taken a single line from any one without due acknowledgment, even though most of the books referred to have little more than a historical interest. Some valuable Parliamentary Reports, General Morin's recently published Etudes sur la Ventilation, and the general progress that has been made in the subject during the last ten years, have entailed considerable labour on me in preparing this New Edition. The object has been, not to produce a technical work, but to explain to the general reader, whether lady or gentle- man, the vast importance of the art of warming and ventilating, and the principles on which the successful practice of the art depends, Avhethcr in one's own house, or in a public building. I have also introduced a number of historical details which are curious and interesting, not only as marking the slow growth of real improvement, and the difficulty men have in grasp- ing a new idea if a change of habit is involved in its acceptance, but also as illustrating some of the varied phases of our common nature. It is hoped that these amusing details will not make the book less interesting to those who seek to become acquainted with the beau-