Williams Oil-O-Matic "Hushed Heat"
Here is a brilliant 1930s argument for converting your boiler from coal-fire to oil-fire. Wonderful photos as well. Thanks to John Mills for the scan and for sharing.
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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.
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Recent Articles in Heating Museum
Beckett Model SR Oil Burner Instruction Manual
Here is an instruction manual for the Beckett Model SR Oil Burner. Thanks to our friends at Beckett for sharing this obsolete piece of literature with us.
National Heating Guide Bluebook of the Industry (1930)
Thanks to Jim Gaynor, P.E. of JSA Architects in Pittsburgh for finding, scanning and sharing this remarkable guide. National Heating Guide Bluebook of the Industry, 1930,...
American Steam and Hot-Water Heating Practice (1895)
American Steam and Hot-Water Heating Practice was written in 1895 and includes descriptions of hot-water, steam-heating, and ventilating installations in the different cl...
An Outline of Ventilation and Warming (1899)
An Outline of Ventilation and Warming was written by WM. J. Baldwin in 1899.
Barker On Heating: The Theory and Practice of Heating and Ventilation (1912)
Barker On Heating: The Theory and Practice of Heating and Ventilation was written by Arthur H. Barker in 1912. To access this book online, click here.
Burning Liquid Fuel (1922)
Burning Liquid Fuel was written by William N. Best in 1922 and was subtitled "a practical treatise on the perfect combustion of oils and tars, giving analyses, calorific ...
Cyclopedia of Engineering (1910)
Published in 1910, the Cyclopedia of Engineering is a general reference work on steam boilers, pumps, engines, and turbines, gas and oil engines, automobiles, marine and ...
Designing Heating and Ventilating Systems (1914)
Designing Heating and Ventilating Systems was written by Charles A. Fuller in 1914. It is subtitled: "the practical application of the engineering rules and formulas in e...
Electric Heating (1895)
Electric Heating was written by Edwin Houston and A.E. Kennelly and published in 1895. It is part of a series entitled The Elementary Electro-Technical Series to provide ...