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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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The Danger of Food Contamination by Aluminum

Larry Weingarten, who knows more about water heaters than most of us, shared this circa-1932 booklet about The Danger of Food Contamination by Aluminum. We include it in ...

Published on 11/13/2014 10:13 AM by R.M. Le Hunte Cooper and M.D.
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Chatting with Ara About Radiators

I was having a conversation the other day with Mr. Ara Marcus Daniels, who is quite dead. I do such things because I have time on my hands and not much of a life. We were...

Published on 09/17/2014 12:01 PM by Dan Holohan
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Steam vs. Hot-Water Heating

It was a real battle in the early days of heating. There were steamfitters and then there were the hot water people. I have a wonderful old ad from Honeywell that goes ba...

Published on 06/23/2014 11:43 AM
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