About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0204
  • TitleHeat pump
  • SummaryCaption: "Heat pump--One compact unit to heat homes in the winter and cool them in the summer is what these [two] mechanical engineering students are working on. By a flick of a switch heat can be drawn up from coils buried 10 feet in the earth. On warm days the operation is reversed and hear from the house is drawn into the ground coils;." sign on machinery: "Refrigerator contains 6 lbs. Freon 12."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Mar. 9, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorPublicity Photographers [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn ; College students -- New York (State) -- New York ; Engineering students -- New York (State) -- New York ; HVAC systems -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Schools: Adult: Polytechnic Institute: Students