. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. AlKilST 18, 1921 The Florists' Review 37 Jt^g^^g^l^l^;^l,gJjagJJt^lV8jJt^tX8jJlj8jj;>SjJt«8jJtj^ HINTS ON HOW TO HEAT Ftif^'l'y^^l^^'l^^^ly^'l'All^A-tl^7^1^I^A>l^^^^^ THAT charming English essayist and speaker, Gilbert K. Chester- ton, delights in paradoxes; so the title of one of his speeches is, "The Ignorance of the ; Of course, it is a hit at the educated, so called, but on a keen self-analysis such people are forced to admit they are mis- named. It has occurred to me that this is an apt title as to what is known, not o
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. AlKilST 18, 1921 The Florists' Review 37 Jt^g^^g^l^l^;^l,gJjagJJt^lV8jJt^tX8jJlj8jj;>SjJt«8jJtj^ HINTS ON HOW TO HEAT Ftif^'l'y^^l^^'l^^^ly^'l'All^A-tl^7^1^I^A>l^^^^^ THAT charming English essayist and speaker, Gilbert K. Chester- ton, delights in paradoxes; so the title of one of his speeches is, "The Ignorance of the ; Of course, it is a hit at the educated, so called, but on a keen self-analysis such people are forced to admit they are mis- named. It has occurred to me that this is an apt title as to what is known, not only about greenhouse heating, but heat- '"fj in general. Undoubtedly, you all have had expe- • licnce with greenhouse heating, and possibly some of you have had experi- t'lu'o with warm air heating, the almost universal method of heating residences lit' moderate and low cost. The warm air furnace manufacturers thought they knew a lot about heating, but when they formed an association, seven years ago, they established a bureau of I esearch, and it was found, upon investi- utition, that there was scarcely anything taught on the subject in the universities (ir colleges of the country, and nothing at all in the schools. They have already spent about $50,000 in their research, and about all they have learned is how little is known of the real fundamentals i>f warm air heating. Research is still being made for them by the University of Illinois, at Urbana, and even the pro- fessional educators there are dum- lounded to find how little foundation they have to start on, to build up some- tiiing constructive. Heirs of the Ages. In looking up the subject of heating, as I have for the last thirty-five years, I am astonished to find how few sources of information there are. We, of the present day, are heirs of all the preced- ing ages. We have the learning, in- formation and experience to be found in the work and the writings of the past. This work has been done by our prede- c
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