Steam Heating for Buildings, or Hints to Steam Fitters: Being a Description of Steam Heating Apparatus for Warming and Ventilating Private Houses and Large Buildings (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Name: Steam Heating for Buildings, or Hints to Steam Fitters: Being a Description of Steam Heating Apparatus for Warming and Ventilating Private Houses and Large Buildings (Classic Reprint)
Author: William James Baldwin
ISBN: 9780656987047

William James Baldwin

9780656987047: Steam Heating for Buildings, or Hints to Steam Fitters: Being a Description of Steam Heating Apparatus for Warming and Ventilating Private Houses and Large Buildings (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0656987049 ISBN 13: 9780656987047

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2022

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Practical guidance for the steam fitter, focused on real-world heating results

This concise volume offers straightforward explanations of steam, water, and air in heating systems, with a clear aim to help beginners achieve reliable results. It emphasizes practical techniques over theory, sharing proven methods the trade has adopted through experience.

This edition serves as a compact reference for setting up gravity-based steam heating, sizing mains and radiators, and understanding common components. It notes how to approach piping, boiler connections, and essential safety devices in a practical, hands-on way.

Foundations of gravity circulating systems and how water and steam interact in pipes
Radiators, heating surfaces, and how to estimate required heat delivery
Boilers, their forms, settings, and the relationship between boilers and heating surfaces
Key accessories and controls, including safety valves, regulators, feeders, traps, and radiator valves

Ideal for readers of engineering handbooks, building maintenance staff, steam-fitters in training, and anyone responsible for warming and ventilating large buildings with steam.

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