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LEEDS, Lewis W.
A Treatise on Ventilation: Comprising Seven Lectures Delivered before the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1866-68. Showing the Great Want of Improved Methods of Ventilation in our Buildings; Giving the Chemical and Physiological process of Respiration; Comparing the Effects of the Various Methods of Heating and Lighting upon the Ventilation
New York: John Wiley & Son Publishers, 1871. 8vo (9 x 5 3/4 inches). 12 lithographic plates, printed in four colours, 41 text illustrations. Original green grained cloth, covers with blocked border in blind, lettered in gilt at center of upper cover, spine lettered in gilt.
Second expanded edition: an attractive copy of this important work which received professional praise at the time of publication for its emphasis on the importance of ventilation and fresh air
An important work, written by a man on a mission, illustrated with a charming group of 12 lithographic plates printed in four colours and demonstrating the benefits of proper ventilation, as against the evils of poor air circulation. The first edition was published in New York in 1869 under the title Lectures on Ventilation. It was a much slighter work, containing just 60 pages and only 2 plates. The present second edition with 226 pages and 12 plates is almost a separate work. "So great has been the change, that, in revising these Lectures [that were included in the first edition] and adding the Second Course for publication, it seems scarcely possible that two or three short years only could have passed since the general indifference and apathy, as therein expressed, should have existed. But I remember well it seemed like a pall, a dead weight upon me, that I could not arouse or shake off. To be sure, that was in Philadelphia, the slowest place for adopting ideas in the country" (preface to the second edition).
"Lewis Leeds, active in New York and Philadelphia, designed steam-heating apparatus, working with Calvert Vaux from 1861-64. During the Civil War, Leeds served as health inspector of the Union field hospitals, and after was hired to design mechanical heating and ventilation systems for several government buildings, including the House of Representatives, the Treasury Building, and military hospitals" (Townsend).
Gavin Townsend, Airborne Toxins and the American House, 1865-1895
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© 2002-2005 Donald A. Heald
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