Name/Title
INTERNATIONAL PLUMBER AND FITTERS' HANDBOOKEntry/Object ID
99.8.1.1Description
Color: Red
"International Plumbers and Fitters' Handbook" compiled and edited by International Correspondence Schools (Reprint ed., Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1921), 375 pp. A red hardcover book, the title and a logo are embossed on the front cover, while the title and a part of the publisher's name (Winston) are in gold letters on the spine. Contents of the reference work include material on plumbing; steam heating; hot-air heating; hot-water heating; ventilation; gas-fitting; drainage; and sewerage with many illustrations, charts and graphs, as well as an index. At the back is information on International Correspondence Schools, including courses offered and memoranda pages for notes. On the inside front cover are inscriptions in ink as follows: "Muscat Resin / allyl alcohl / allyl Phthalate." Stamped on the front cover, inside front and back covers, and flyleaf is the name: "J. F. Haeberle." At the top right of the flyleaf in pencil is inscribed, "il" or "el." With abrasions and stains on the cover, acid stains in the inner front and back covers [possibly from a tipped-in piece of paper, now missing], and page discoloration, the book is in fair condition.Lexicon
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Drainage, Sewerage, VentilationSearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, International Correspondence Schools, John C. Winston Company, Gas fitting, Hot-air heating, Hot-water heating, Plumbing, Steam heating
