- Skempton , A.W. and Johnson , H.R. 1962 . The First Iron Frames . Architectural Review , 131 : 175 – 186 .
- Sylvester , Charles . 1819 . The Philosophy of Domestic Economy London and Nottingham
- Robinson , E. 1953 . The Derby Philosophical Society . Ann. Sci. , 9 : 359 – 367 .
- Typescript: William Strutt, a Memoir anonymous, but most likely written by William's grandson, the Hon. Frederick Strutt (DPL).
- Whitehurst , John . 1794 . Observations on the Ventilation of Rooms; on the Construction of Chimneys; and on Garden Stores London Papers edited posthumously by R. Willan for W. Bent;
- Cornell , E.S. 1938 . Ann. Sci. , 3 : 126 – 128 .
- Letter on stoves, Strutt to Edgeworth R. L. (NLD) 1817 January 21
- 1931 . The Collected Papers of C. W. Scheele 124 – 124 . London trans. by Leonard Dobbin
- Thompson , Benjamin and Rumford , Court . 1800–2 . Essays Political, Economical and Philosophical , new ed. Vol. ii , 320 – 321 . London 3 vols.
- Truesdell , C.A. 1954 . Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia Vol. xii , cx – cxii . Lausanne (71 volumes, 1911–60)
- Rumford's . Essays , 3 380 – 382 .
- Letter from Jeremy Bentham to Strutt July 1794 17 (DPL).
- The patent had been taken out in 1793. Repertory of Arts and Manufacturers 1794 1 304 304
- Letter from Strutt to Edgeworth R. L. (NLD) 1816 December 10
- Sylvester . 1819 . The Philosophy of Domestic Economy London and Nottingham see also Rees: Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, London, 1819–20, Articles, ‘Manufacture of Cotton’, ‘Stoves’.
- Bernan , W. 1845 . On the History and Art of Warming and Ventilating Vol. ii , 202 – 202 . London Bernan was the pseudonym for Robert Stuart Meikleham, architect, engineer and encyclopaedist. His own stove, designed in 1822, was based on Strutt's. H. W. Dickinson and A. A. Gomme, Newcomen Soc. Trans., 1942, 22, 165.
- Letter from Charles Bage to Strutt (SPL) 1802 November 11
- Bage introduced cast iron beams into the construction of fireproof factory buildings which otherwise followed Strutt's principles Skempton Johnson The First Iron Frames Architectural Review 1962 131 175 186
- Strutt's letter on stoves Edgeworth R. L. (NLD) 1817 January 21
- 1825 . The Theory and Practice of Warming and Ventilating 250 – 250 . London by an Engineer
- Bernan . 1845 . On the History and Art of Warming and Ventilating Vol. ii , 219 – 219 . London
- Sylvester . 1819 . The Philosophy of Domestic Economy 22 – 22 . London and Nottingham
- Bedford , T. 1964 . Basic Principles of Ventilation and Heating , 2nd edn. 102 – 102 . London 262. Nowadays the standards of ventilation are generally based on the air supply needed to remove body odours. W. F. B. Shaw, Domestic Heating, London, 1960, p. 18.
- Tredgold , T. 1836 . The Principles of Warming and Ventilating Public Buildings 13 – 13 . London
- The Theory and Practice of Warming and Ventilating The Theory and Practice of Warming and Ventilating London 1825 246 246 by an Engineer
- Sylvester . 1819 . The Philosophy of Domestic Economy 22 – 22 . London and Nottingham
- Buchanan , R. 1810 . Essays on the Economy of Fuel and the Management of Heat 231 – 231 . Glasgow
- Rumford . Essays , i 309 – 309 .
- Sylvester . 1819 . The Philosophy of Domestic Economy iii – iii . London and Nottingham
- Beaumont , A. 1835 . Hints for Preventing Damage by Fire in the Construction and Warming of Buildings London states (p. 46) that ‘Sylvester from Derby’ introduced the stoves into London.
- Griscom , John . 1823 . A year in Europe Vol. ii , 259 – 261 . New York
- 1809 . Liverpool
- Mottelay , Paul F. 1922 . Bibliographical History of Electricity and Magnetism 394 – 394 . London
- The Theory and Practice of Warming and Ventilating The Theory and Practice of Warming and Ventilating London 1825 153 153 by an Engineer
- Hare , A.J.C. , ed. 1894 . The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth Vol. i , 196 – 196 . London
- Tredgold's . 1836 . Principles of Warming and Ventilating Public Buildings London followed Sylvester's approach in many respects.
- 1825 . Report on Railroads and Locomotive Engines London written by ‘Charles Sylvester; Engineer.’
- Sylvester . 1819 . The Philosophy of Domestic Economy viii – viii . Nottingham, London
- Parry , W. E. 1825 . Three Voyages for the Discovery of the North-West Passage 112 – 114 . London Sylvester's stoves were also used on the ‘Erebus’ and the ‘Terror’ and are shown on the profile of these ships in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
- Diary of Carl Johann Bodmer University of Manchester Library translated by W.O. Henderson, MS. entry for 20 January 1817.
- Hood , C. 1897 . A Practical Treatise upon Warming Buildings , 3rd edn. 382 – 392 . London
- Bernan . 1845 . On the History and Art of Warming and Ventilating 88 – 88 . London
- William Strutt; a Memoir 84 – 84 .
- William Strutt; a Memoir 50 – 50 .
- Letter from R. L. Edgeworth to Strutt (DPL) 1811 June
- Letter from R. L. Edgeworth to Taylor Major (NLD) 1817 February 7
- Letter from Major Taylor to Edgeworth R. L. (NLD) 1817 March 7 The heating system had been installed by a Mr. Oldham, who had also warmed the Bank of England, Bernan, op. cit., vol. ii, p. 104.
- Letters from Major Taylor to Edgeworth R. L. (NLD) 1817 March 7 and to Dr. Beaufort, 7 March 1817, (NLD).
- Letter from William Edgeworth to Strutt (DPL) 1818 March 8
- Diary of Carl Johann Bodmer University of Manchester Library In 1834, Bodmer patented a travelling grate-stoker, (H.W. Dickenson A Short History of the Steam Engine, Cambridge 1938, p. 132).
- Brown , S.C. 1964 . Count Rumford 74 – 76 . London
- Rumford . Essays , iii 139 – 139 .
- Sylvester . 1819 . The Philosophy of Domestic Economy iv – iv . London and Nottingham Rumford had developed the roaster in 1799: Essays, vol. iii, p. 102.
- Loudon , J.C. 1833 . Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture 1279 – 1279 . London
- 1837 . Abstracts of the Papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Vol. iii , 81 – 84 . London
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