1844 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

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Early Edition, Illustrated, Very Scarce

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.