ANOTHER CENTURY-OLD BULLIS BOOK

Actually, this one is turning 108 this year since it was published in 1907.  This week we are focusing on:

  Practical Mechanical Engineering; 

A Comrehensive Treatise on Steam Machinery and Apparatus, Compressed Air, 

Refrigerating Machinery, Hydraulic Elevators, Gas and Oil Engines, Turbines, etc.

Author: Carl S. Dow

Published: Philadelphia, The American Text-Boo Company, 1907

According to a recent newspaper article, practical household refrigerators were introduced in 1915. If you're curious about the technology used to produce this basic and indispensable household appliance, consider stopping by and taking a look at this book in the Bullis Room shelves.

Author Dow's book will give all of us a greater appreciation of the technology that produced the modern appliance that we occasionally enjoy raiding around midnight.  (Raiding a cabinet just wouldn't be the same.)

So ... please stop by.