Take a stroll through HVAC history in our Heating Museum. This section of our website preserves history and answers that so-important question: What the heck is that thing? Whenever you run across anything unusual, chances are you’ll find the old literature about it right here.
Here is a very informative brochure about furnaces, written by Jonathan Beers, who is the Residential Services Manager Madison Gas and Electric Company. We thank him for ...
Catch up on all the industry news from August 27, 1898. Domestic Engineering published weekly for many years when the heating industry was young. Lots of human-interest s...
You'll find wonderful advertisements and very interesting news in this 19th-Century edition of the popular trade magazine. It covers Plumbing, Heating, Lighting and Venti...
This July 17, 1897 issue of Domestic Engineering Magazine is a good report on the industry from that long-gone week, as well as dozens of whimsical ads. Enjoy!
This edition of the Ideal Heating Journal Magazine from November 1912 contains a wonderful ode to a radiator, and a fascinating article about the first safety valve.
Here is the June 17, 1921 issue of Plumber and Steam Fitter Magazine that contains some interesting articles and advertisements.
This advertisement for American Radiator Company's Ideal series is from 1923 and features Robert E. Lee.
Gold's Mattress Radiator was invented in 1854. It is in its final days here in this 1898 Heating and Ventilating magazine ad.
This advertisement appeared in McClure's in the early days of the 20th Century when central heating was still new. Check out the prices.
Back in the day (1924), when asbestos was still a good thing, this ad appeared. It makes an excellent case for why pipes and boilers need to be insulated.