A Proposal for Warming Rooms by the Steam of Boiling Water Conveyed in Pipes Along the Walls
This document is subtitled "And also a Method of Preventing Ships from Leaking" and was written by Col. Wm. Cook.
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Eckstein's and Busby's Patent Circulator
Eckstein's and Busby's Patent Circulator was the first circulator. This document is from Charles Hood's A Practical Treatise on Warming Buildings by Hot Water, Steam, and...
Gold's Mattress Radiator Patent
Here is the patent for Stephen J. Gold's "mattress" radiator. This is the first radiator that was a commercial success in America.
Roman Hypocausts
This excerpt is from an 1845 book titled, Bernan's History and Art of Warming and Ventilating Rooms and Buildings. Walter Bernan was a Civil Engineer in London. What we h...
Stephen J. Gold's Boiler Patent
Stephen Gold was the inventor of the first radiator, the "mattress" radiator. Here is is patent for his boiler, which appeared nine years later. Much thanks to Gerry Gill...
Ventilating Slave Ships
This excerpt about ventilation on slave ships is from David Boswell Reid's circa-1844 book, Theory and Practice of Ventilation.