Etymology

Trombe wall

Today it means: A wall built on the winter sun side of a building with a glass external layer and a high mass internal layer separated by a layer of air, so as to absorb heat during sunlit hours of winter and slowly release it overnight. Full definition →

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The story

Named after French engineer Félix Trombe.

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