John Dalton was an English chemist and physicist born in 1766. He was born into a Quaker family of tradesmen, though he and his brother became teachers early in life. His family bought a Quaker school in Kendal, where he and his brother taught around 60 students.  Dalton separated from the church as a young […]

Whether you’re putting an A/C unit in a new home or doing a retrofit, installation jobs make up a pretty big chunk of residential HVAC work.  Installation can be hard work, and there’s a lot more to it than throwing a unit together and making sure it starts up. When you consider building design, ductwork, […]

The general law of perfect gas is a combination of Boyle’s and Charles’s laws. Each of those laws neglected pressure, temperature, or volume in their formulas. The law of perfect gas combines the two, clearly establishing the relationship between all three variables and giving those laws a much more practical use in our field. We […]