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Energy Efficiency - A Comparative Report
23.
[ENERGY SAVING.] Beschreibung neuer holzsparenden Oefen und
Feuerherde, zum Militär- und Civil-Gebrauch. Vienna, v. Schönfeld,
1808. £ 2750
Folio, pp. xvi, xv-xxxiv, 47, [1] blank, xliii (pp. xxxiii, xxxiv, xliii, and
xliiii are folding printed leaves printed on recto only), 22 engraved
plates, one of which folding; very clean and crisp in contemporary calfbacked
paste-paper boards; from the library of the architecture
department of Ljubljana (Laibach), with stamps to front free endpaper
and one small faint stamp to title; a fine crisp copy.
First and only edition, rare, of this detailed comparative report on energy-saving
heating and cooking systems. The first tests were run by an Austrian government
commission charged by archduke Karl with reducing the use of firewood, comparing
existing types of stoves, ovens, cooking ranges etc and developing the most energyefficient
model for each application. Not only energy consumption was studied, but
also manufacturing costs and energy needs for constructing the ovens in question.
The very detailed report covers military institutions, (distinguishing between the
needs of large dormitories and smaller more intimate officer housing) hospitals,
prisons, schools, but also private usage. The finely engraved plates show various
kinds of ovens, with technical specifications and detailed instructions for use. Of
particular interest is the supplement showing on comparative tables heating
efficiency measured and contrasted with construction costs, building materials and
ease of handling. Two forms to be completed after further experiments are also
included.
There was a flurry of publications on energy-saving ovens and cookers in the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth century. What differentiates this publication from
them is its great attention to detail and the scientific approach to assessing the energy
efficiency of the final installation. Moreover, rather than just heating for public or
private spaces, calculations are also made for use in manufacturing industry, such as
dyeing works.
Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'; uncommon, RLIN/OCLC list just two copies at Chicago
and Minnesota, KVK adds copies at Bavarian State Library, Dresden and Deutsches
Museum, Munich.
24.
FAVRE, Emile de. Les Quatre Heures de la Toilette des Dames,
poëme éortique en quatre chants, dédié à son Altesse, Sérénissime
Madame la Princesse de la Lamballe, Chef du Conseil, &
Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine. Paris, Jean-François Bastien,
[de l'imprimerie de Philippe Denys Pierres 1778]. 1779. £ 850