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How to invent air conditioning: from coconut palms to split systems
In modern cities, we do not imagine life without an air conditioner. And few who know that his prototype appeared several millennia ago in India.
How to invent air conditioning: from coconut palms to split systems
What was an ancient Indian air conditioner
At the usual location of the entrance door, a frame of a special design was installed, which was tucked up by a variety of coconut palms – tatty. Continue reading
As central heating developed and developed
The history of centralized heating (CO) has counted more than 100 years and throughout this time it is continuously evolving.
The first water-based centralized heating distribution systems were put into operation in 1880 in the United States. These systems are known today as first-generation heating distribution networks (1G). Until the 1930s, steam steam was the only coolant. Continue reading
The largest civil disasters in the world
Usually, when the words “accident” or “catastrophe” sound, in the majority of cases think about technogenic accidents or accidents with automobile or other technique. However, in the history of construction and architecture, there are a number of colossal disasters that for some reason are known much less than other similar incidents.
The largest civil disasters in the world. Photo
The National Encyclopedia of Construction ProfiDom.com.ua tells of the twelve most terrible civil and architectural disasters in the world. Continue reading
