Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . ating Systems Easily Explained One Pipe, Divided Circuit, Two Pipe and Overhead Steam Heat-ing Systems Illustrated and Plainly Described by Phoenix inDomestic Enginering—Necessity of Ability to Sketch Empha-sized. Every man engaged in the plumbingand heating business should be able toexpress rapidly and easily his ideas uponpaper by the means of a simple sketchor drawing. This means the helper,plumber or fitter, as well as salesmanand master. The ability to do this ispossessed by few, but it means dollarsflowing in the shops direction.
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . ating Systems Easily Explained One Pipe, Divided Circuit, Two Pipe and Overhead Steam Heat-ing Systems Illustrated and Plainly Described by Phoenix inDomestic Enginering—Necessity of Ability to Sketch Empha-sized. Every man engaged in the plumbingand heating business should be able toexpress rapidly and easily his ideas uponpaper by the means of a simple sketchor drawing. This means the helper,plumber or fitter, as well as salesmanand master. The ability to do this ispossessed by few, but it means dollarsflowing in the shops direction. In quick-ly making a rough sketch to demonstrateyour idea to the customer several pointsare accomplished in that one brief mom-ent. First: You illustrate in a comprehen-sive manner that you have already form-ed a definite idea of how to do the job. Second: That you are ahead of therank and file in being able to explain thesystem visibly to your customer. He seesthe point at once. Third: This gives the customer con-fidence in your ability and Fig. 1—Representing a One-Pipe SystemSingle Circuit, Either Steam orHot Water. Fourth. The sketch can be filed, withmeasurements, for future reference. A mere outline is given in the severalsketches contained in this article, of sev-eral different systems. These simple sketches can be drawn with a fewstrokes of the pencil, and are sufficientlyaccurate to give a customer a definiteidea of how the mains would be run onthat particular system. It is an easy ( )
Size: 1612px × 1551px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubject, booksubjectplumbing
