Practical treatise on warming buildings by hot water, steam, and hot air on ventilation and the various methods of distributing artificial heat and their effects of animal and vegetable physiology to which are added an inquiry into the laws of radiant and conducted heat, the chemical composition of coal, and the combustion of smoke / by Charles Hood.

  • Hood, Charles, 1805-1889.
Date:
1869
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Credit: Practical treatise on warming buildings by hot water, steam, and hot air on ventilation and the various methods of distributing artificial heat and their effects of animal and vegetable physiology to which are added an inquiry into the laws of radiant and conducted heat, the chemical composition of coal, and the combustion of smoke / by Charles Hood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PART FIRST. on -warming buildings by hot water. Introduction CHAPTER I. Cause of Circulation of the Water—Inclination of the Pipes—Necessity for Air Vents—Open and Close Boilers—^Pressure of Water—Effect produced on the OLrculation by increased Height of the Pipe—Com- pression of Water—Branch Pipes—Yariations in Level of Pipes CHAPTER II. On the Motive Power of the Water—On increasing the Motive Power—Telocity of Circulation—Circulation of Water below the Boiler—Direct and Reversed Circulation—^Air Vents—Supply Cisterns—Expan- sion of Pipes, &c CHAPTER III. On the Resistance by Friction—Relative Size of Main Pipes and Branch Pipes—Vertical Main Pipes— Small Connecting Pipes—Branch Pipes at different Levels—Stop-cocks and Valves—Their Use and proper Size—Their place supplied by Cisterns—In- convenience of them—Remedies