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Archive for April, 2023

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Do You Miss the T87?

In 1885, when you could still buy a milk cow for $29.70, Albert Butz, a Swiss immigrant living in St. Paul, Minnesota, invented what he called the damper-flapper. He pate...

Published on 04/27/2023 2:09 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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What Did You Think Wouldn't Make It?

When we started HeatingHelp.com in 1997, the folks who built that first crude site told me we could have a links page. I asked what that was, and the young man doing the ...

Published on 04/27/2023 2:07 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business