PUBLICATIONS OFNICKERSON & COLLINS CO.PUBLISHERS OFTrade Journals and Technical Books5707 West Lake StreetChicagoIce and RefrigerationA MONTHLY REVIEW OF THE ICE, ICE MAKING, REFRIGERATING, COLD STORAGE AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES.The oldest publication of its kind in the world and the only journal which furnishes a complete and reliable record of the scientific, experimental and practical progress made in the manufacture of ice and the harvesting and handling of ice, as well as a thorough exposition of the various methods adopted in all parts of the world, to produce low temperatures for preserving perishable goods in store and for use in the arts and sciences.SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.In U. S. Island Possessions, Mexico and Cuba$3.00 per yearIn all other countries,4.00 per yearPAYABLE IN ADVANCEPacking House and Cold Storage ConstructionBy H. Peter HenscheinA general reference work on the design construction and equipment of modern meat packing and cold storage plants including refrigeration, insulation and other data.Reveals in detail the latest approved methods with particular reference to the requirements of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry regarding sanitary constructionPRICE{Bound in Full Cloth$5.00Bound in Full Morocco6.00The Modern Packing HouseBy F. W. Wilder and D. I. DavisPRICE{Bound in Full Cloth$10.00Bound in Full Morocco12.00Ice and Refrigeration Blue Book and Buyers GuideThe BLUE BOOK gives an alphabetical list by states and towns of the now numerous concerns in the United States and Canada—upwards of twenty thousand—using ice making or refrigerating machinery. It gives, besides the name and street address, and in most cases name of manager, also the business, the number of machines installed, the capacity of each in tons, kind and make of the machines, employed in each case, tons of ice made per day, and capacity in cubic feet of cold storage space.PRICE{Bound in Cloth,$5.00Bound in Flexible Morocco,6.00The Absorption Refrigerating MachineBy Gardner T. Voorhees, S. B.A complete practical, elementary treatise of the absorption system of refrigeration and its broad general principles of operation, showing also its development.The subject is presented with practical references to well known natural laws as parallels, so that one need not possess engineering knowledge to follow the text.PRICE{Bound in Cloth$2.50Bound in Full Morocco3.00Compend of Mechanical RefrigerationBy Dr. J. E. SiebelThis book presents in a convenient form the rules, tables, formulae and directions which are needed by contractors and engineers of refrigerating machinery, ice manufacturers, cold storage men, meat freezing establishments, packers and all others interested in the practical application of refrigeration. It is, in fact, designed to give ready and plain answers to most of such questions as are daily occuring in any one of the different branches of practical refrigeration.PRICE{Bound in Cloth$3.00Bound in Flexible Morocco3.50Refrigeration MemorandaBy John LeveyA COLLECTION OF USEFUL INFORMATION RELATING TO ICE MAKING AND REFRIGERATING, GATHERED FROM ENGINE ROOM PRACTICE.In this little book the author has endeavored to assemble a number of useful memoranda and tables such as are suitable for instant use by any one, whether an accomplished refrigerating engineer, or an assistant, or a beginner, and all in plain every-day engine room language and in plain figures.PRICE:Bound in Flexible Morocco$1.00Practical Cold StorageBy Madison CooperThis is the first work ever published in which the theory and practice of cold storage in all its varied applications to commercial and industrial life has been thoroughly and exhaustively treated. The book is intended to cover the field of applied refrigeration with the exception of the technical and theoretical side of the mechanical production of ice and refrigeration, which has already been very fully covered by several very comprehensive works.PRICE{Bound in Cloth$3.50Bound in Full Morocco4.50The list of books given above represent the best works in their respective fields.Our Book Department is prepared to supply promptly any books of a technical or general nature, as well as any of the trade journals or class publications and will gladly assist in the selection of books on any subject. Our complete list of books cover the Ice making, Refrigerating, Packing, Meats, Provisions, Ice Cream, Creamery, Dairy and kindred industries. All prices quoted above include postage.
PUBLICATIONS OFNICKERSON & COLLINS CO.PUBLISHERS OFTrade Journals and Technical Books5707 West Lake StreetChicago
PUBLISHERS OFTrade Journals and Technical Books
5707 West Lake StreetChicago
Ice and Refrigeration
A MONTHLY REVIEW OF THE ICE, ICE MAKING, REFRIGERATING, COLD STORAGE AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES.
The oldest publication of its kind in the world and the only journal which furnishes a complete and reliable record of the scientific, experimental and practical progress made in the manufacture of ice and the harvesting and handling of ice, as well as a thorough exposition of the various methods adopted in all parts of the world, to produce low temperatures for preserving perishable goods in store and for use in the arts and sciences.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
In U. S. Island Possessions, Mexico and Cuba$3.00 per year
In all other countries,4.00 per year
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
Packing House and Cold Storage Construction
By H. Peter Henschein
A general reference work on the design construction and equipment of modern meat packing and cold storage plants including refrigeration, insulation and other data.
Reveals in detail the latest approved methods with particular reference to the requirements of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry regarding sanitary construction
The Modern Packing House
By F. W. Wilder and D. I. Davis
Ice and Refrigeration Blue Book and Buyers Guide
The BLUE BOOK gives an alphabetical list by states and towns of the now numerous concerns in the United States and Canada—upwards of twenty thousand—using ice making or refrigerating machinery. It gives, besides the name and street address, and in most cases name of manager, also the business, the number of machines installed, the capacity of each in tons, kind and make of the machines, employed in each case, tons of ice made per day, and capacity in cubic feet of cold storage space.
The Absorption Refrigerating Machine
By Gardner T. Voorhees, S. B.
A complete practical, elementary treatise of the absorption system of refrigeration and its broad general principles of operation, showing also its development.
The subject is presented with practical references to well known natural laws as parallels, so that one need not possess engineering knowledge to follow the text.
Compend of Mechanical Refrigeration
By Dr. J. E. Siebel
This book presents in a convenient form the rules, tables, formulae and directions which are needed by contractors and engineers of refrigerating machinery, ice manufacturers, cold storage men, meat freezing establishments, packers and all others interested in the practical application of refrigeration. It is, in fact, designed to give ready and plain answers to most of such questions as are daily occuring in any one of the different branches of practical refrigeration.
Refrigeration Memoranda
By John Levey
A COLLECTION OF USEFUL INFORMATION RELATING TO ICE MAKING AND REFRIGERATING, GATHERED FROM ENGINE ROOM PRACTICE.
In this little book the author has endeavored to assemble a number of useful memoranda and tables such as are suitable for instant use by any one, whether an accomplished refrigerating engineer, or an assistant, or a beginner, and all in plain every-day engine room language and in plain figures.
Practical Cold Storage
By Madison Cooper
This is the first work ever published in which the theory and practice of cold storage in all its varied applications to commercial and industrial life has been thoroughly and exhaustively treated. The book is intended to cover the field of applied refrigeration with the exception of the technical and theoretical side of the mechanical production of ice and refrigeration, which has already been very fully covered by several very comprehensive works.
The list of books given above represent the best works in their respective fields.
Our Book Department is prepared to supply promptly any books of a technical or general nature, as well as any of the trade journals or class publications and will gladly assist in the selection of books on any subject. Our complete list of books cover the Ice making, Refrigerating, Packing, Meats, Provisions, Ice Cream, Creamery, Dairy and kindred industries. All prices quoted above include postage.
Transcriber’s NotesThe language used in this e-text is that used in the source document. Inconsistencies and unusual spelling and style have been retained. Differences in wording between lists of subjects, the table of contents and the text have not been rectified. Errors or unclear data in calculations and (table) data have not been corrected except when the source of the error was clear; such corrections are mentioned under Changes made below.Not all drawings in the available scans were of sufficient quality to view all details; texts and dimensions in particular may be illegible.Internal references have been hyperlinked only when this was considered useful, and when there was a clear and unambiguous target.Pages 118-125 and 267-272: the unusual use of quote marks has not been standardised.Page 224, table: the column “per cent” contains the decimal fraction, not the percentage.Page 241: reference letters A and B are not visible in the illustration.Page 289, “Shank cut off above the knee joint ...: the closing quote mark is missing.Page 419, Seasoning Formula: Saltpetre is mentioned twice (in different quantities) in the source document.Page 461 ff.: Deviations from the alphabetical order of entries have not been corrected.Changes madeIllustrations and tables have been moved out of text paragraphs. Footnotes have been moved to directly underneath the paragraph to which they refer.Some obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently. In tables, the ditto-symbol has been replaced with the dittoed text and some data have been re-aligned for consistency and legibility.Temperatures (°F and ° F) and densities (°B and ° B) have been standardised to ° F and ° B, dimensions and multiplications to m × n, salt petre and variants to saltpetre.Page 35: The purchaser must never loose sight ... changed to The purchaser must never lose sight ....Page 45: ... a preventive or retardent in the propogation ... changed to ... a preventive or retardant in the propagation ....Page 80: superceding changed to superseding.Page 155: TEST ON OLIO SCRAP changed to TEST ON OLEO SCRAP.Page 163:Cutting Sinews and Saving Bones.changed toCutting Sinews and Sawing Bones.(changed in Index as well).Page 168, table Test yield of 1,209 cattle: column header per head Average changed to Average per head.Page 191: ... to prevent the tankwater from souring ... changed to ... to prevent the tank water from souring ....Page 199, table RECAPITULATION: 15 per cent depreciation on $10,00 investment changed to 15 per cent depreciation on $10,000 investment.Page 224, table REGULAR INSIDES FOR SHIPMENT: column headers inserted cf. the other two tables on this page.Page 362: neatsfood oil changed to neatsfoot oil.Page 437, table MEDIUM GRADE BUTTERINE, second row: 30,57 changed to 38,57.
The language used in this e-text is that used in the source document. Inconsistencies and unusual spelling and style have been retained. Differences in wording between lists of subjects, the table of contents and the text have not been rectified. Errors or unclear data in calculations and (table) data have not been corrected except when the source of the error was clear; such corrections are mentioned under Changes made below.
Not all drawings in the available scans were of sufficient quality to view all details; texts and dimensions in particular may be illegible.
Internal references have been hyperlinked only when this was considered useful, and when there was a clear and unambiguous target.
Pages 118-125 and 267-272: the unusual use of quote marks has not been standardised.
Page 224, table: the column “per cent” contains the decimal fraction, not the percentage.
Page 241: reference letters A and B are not visible in the illustration.
Page 289, “Shank cut off above the knee joint ...: the closing quote mark is missing.
Page 419, Seasoning Formula: Saltpetre is mentioned twice (in different quantities) in the source document.
Page 461 ff.: Deviations from the alphabetical order of entries have not been corrected.
Changes made
Illustrations and tables have been moved out of text paragraphs. Footnotes have been moved to directly underneath the paragraph to which they refer.
Some obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently. In tables, the ditto-symbol has been replaced with the dittoed text and some data have been re-aligned for consistency and legibility.
Temperatures (°F and ° F) and densities (°B and ° B) have been standardised to ° F and ° B, dimensions and multiplications to m × n, salt petre and variants to saltpetre.
Page 35: The purchaser must never loose sight ... changed to The purchaser must never lose sight ....
Page 45: ... a preventive or retardent in the propogation ... changed to ... a preventive or retardant in the propagation ....
Page 80: superceding changed to superseding.
Page 155: TEST ON OLIO SCRAP changed to TEST ON OLEO SCRAP.
Page 163:Cutting Sinews and Saving Bones.changed toCutting Sinews and Sawing Bones.(changed in Index as well).
Page 168, table Test yield of 1,209 cattle: column header per head Average changed to Average per head.
Page 191: ... to prevent the tankwater from souring ... changed to ... to prevent the tank water from souring ....
Page 199, table RECAPITULATION: 15 per cent depreciation on $10,00 investment changed to 15 per cent depreciation on $10,000 investment.
Page 224, table REGULAR INSIDES FOR SHIPMENT: column headers inserted cf. the other two tables on this page.
Page 362: neatsfood oil changed to neatsfoot oil.
Page 437, table MEDIUM GRADE BUTTERINE, second row: 30,57 changed to 38,57.