Ventilation

1915 · réf. 62777 — Seattle: Western Blower Company ca. 1915. 8vo. 56 pp. Text illustrations schematics and drawings throughout. Textured beige softcovers raised gilt decorative lettering front cover yapp fore-edges minor dustaoiling edgewear couple minor stains at lower fore-edge still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce trade catalogue for Turbine Multiblade Fans designed as exhaust fans for ventilation systems in factories ships mines sawmills lumber mills and several models were specially designed as reversible fans. Miller 1852-1924 was born in Pennsylvania and later set up a logging and steel sheet metal fabrication company in Minnesota before moving the company to Seattle WA at the beginning of the 20th Century. Although originally named John K. Miller Co. it had changed over to Western Blower Company by 1910 and would later operate for decades from 1914 forward at their factory building on 1800 Airport Way. No copies in Worldcat. Western Blower Company, paperback