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Definition of Central heating
1. Noun. A heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators.
Definition of Central heating
1. Noun. Any of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled manner. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Central Heating
Literary usage of Central heating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1920)
"The development of the central heating system of The Detroit Edison Company is
traced, ... The advantages of central heating service to the user, ..."
2. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"central heating Installations. § 452. The complicated technical examinations of
such arrangements do not fall within the plan of this work. ..."
3. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1916)
"Hot water was first used for central heating about ten years later. Advantages of
a central heating System. The advantages of such a system are found in he ..."
4. Municipal Franchises: A Description of the Terms and Conditions Upon which by Delos Franklin Wilcox (1910)
"central heating FRANCHISES. 209. Extent of the central heating busl- 219. City may
purchase plant or license ness and its relation to other a purchaser. ..."
5. Central Station Heating by Byron Towne Gifford (1912)
"This unit is rather small, so central heating engineers have adopted a multiple
of this unit which is 1000 lbs. of steam for steam heating and 1000000 BTU ..."
6. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"560 B. The Operation of central heating Plants in Office Buildings (Mitteilungen
über den ... central heating Plant for Lebanon, Ind. Byron T. Gifford. ..."
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