Trends in Heating Development
K. C. Richmond, Editor of Coal-Heat magazine, questioned 38 industry leaders and published this booklet in July, 1942.
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Recent Articles in Heating Museum
The Story of Gas
This article is from the American Gas Journal, October 11, 1925. It's a fine tale about The Story of Gas with many vintage photographs and drawings.
The creator of hot-water heating
Jean Simon Bonnemain was the first to come up with the idea of central hot-water heating.
Progress in Heating and Ventilating During the Past Quarter of a Century
This is a reprint of an article that first appeared in the A.S.H.V.E. Journal section of Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning magazine in January 1931.
National Radiator Corporation Introduction (1928)
Thanks to Frank "Steamhead" Wilsey for finding and scanning this 1928 document, which announces the formation of the National Radiator Corporation from six smaller compan...
Honeywell Tells the History of Heating
This is a wonderful review of the heating industry from its inception through 1960. It's told by our friends at Honeywell in their Trade Winds magazine.
History of the Water Feeder and Low-Water Cutoff
This is the History of the Water Feeder and Low-Water Cutoff, as told by E. N. McDonnell of McDonnell & Miller to his sales people.
A Look Ahead
Hugh J. Barron of the Barron Steam Heating Company, a New-York-based engineering firm, made this speech to the Master Steam and Hot-Water Fitters Association of the Unite...
A Century of Progress in Fuel Technology
This article, by O.P. Hood of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, appeared in Coal-Heat magazine in June 1933.
Heating Greenhouses (1923)
This is from Alfred G. King's 1923 text, 500 Plain Answers to Direct Questions on Steam, Hot Water, Vapor and Vacuum Heating.