The comfort makers.
Author(s) : ASHRAE, ROBERTS B.
Type of monograph: Book
Summary
This book contains information on 270 pioneers who have contributed to our knowledge of heating, ventilating, refrigeration and air conditioning over two millennia. The story is told in a series of mini-biographies with over 100 portraits and some 40 contemporary illustrations and advertisements. Contents: the heat makers; the ventilators; the cold makers; the air conditioners; the comfort controllers; some comfort pioneers, architects, designers, installers and organizations.
Details
- Original title: The comfort makers.
- Record ID : 2002-2186
- Languages: English
- Publication: Ashrae (american society of heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning engineers) - United states/United states
- Publication date: 2000
- ISBN: 1883413842
- Source: Source: 152 p. (21.5 x 27.5); fig.; phot.; ref.; index; USD 49.
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
Indexing
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Themes:
History of refrigeration;
Indoor air quality - Keywords: Refrigeration; Ventilation; Design; Control (automatic); Air quality; History; USA; Thermal comfort; Air conditioning; Heating
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