Excerpt from The Heating of Houses, Coal and Electricity Compared Electric heating has so many advantages over other methods that probably the wish is father to the thought that it may some day replace coal, gas, etc. The fuel problem today is so serious that technical men all over' 'the country are (looking at it from every aspect; the more efficient use of coal in furnaces, the manufacture of gas from coal, peat, etc., the briquetting orf lignite coal and peat, and the possibilities of electric heating have all been receiving careful attention for some time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.