| Description |
xii, 289 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits ; 25cm |
| Contents |
Early use of the sun -- Solar architecture in ancient Greece -- Roman solar architecture -- Burning mirrors -- Heat for horticulture -- Solar hot boxes -- Power from the sun -- The first solar motors -- Two Amerian pioneers [John Ericsson, Aubrey Eneas] -- Low temperature solar motors -- The first practical solar engine -- Solar water heating -- Early solar water heaters -- Hot water -- day and night -- A flourishing solar industry -- Solar house heating -- Solar communities of Europe -- Solar heating in early America -- An American revival -- Solar collectors for house heating -- The modern era -- Postwar energy perspectives -- Worldwide solar water heating -- Full circle |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Architecture and solar radiation -- History.
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Solar energy -- History.
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| Author |
Perlin, John, author
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| LC no. |
79025095 |
| ISBN |
0442240058 |
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0917352076 (Cheshire Books) |
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0917352084 (Cheshire) |
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