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.
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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
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.
Greenhouse Construction and Heating (1923)
This is a nice piece from the US Department of Agriculture about greenhouse construction and heating, issued May, 1923.
Thermal Stratification Performance of Underfloor Air-Distribution Systems
This is a report from the Center for Environmental Design Research regarding Thermal Stratification Performance of Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) Systems by T. Webste...
Robert Bean’s Standard House Design (Feb. 2007)
Robert Bean is one of the sharpest guys I know and he has much to say. Check out his website.
Residential Green Building Guide - A Web Source Book for New England
This EPA document from March 2006 provides information and resources to homeowners, contractors, or any New England resident interested in environmentally responsible res...
Novel HVAC Strategies for Well-Insulated, Air-tight Buildings
A paper by S. J. Irving & Q.