Burning Liquid Fuel was written by William N. Best in 1922 and was subtitled "a practical treatise on the perfect combustion of oils and tars, giving analyses, calorific values and heating temperatures of various gravities, with information on the design and proper installation of equipment for all classes of service." To access this book online, click here.
Here is the original Installation and Operating Instructions and Parts List for The H.B. Smith Company's Oil Fired Cast Iron Hot Water Boilers (No. OHB-13W). This is esti...
The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI has an interesting hot-water heating system. Take a look at the radiators below. They are from the Shaw-Perkins Manufacturing Compan...
We estimate that this cast-iron boiler catalog from The Peerless Heater Company in Boyertown, PA is from the 1980s or 1990s.