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.
This is an excerpt from Transactions of the Society of Heating and Ventilation Engineers from 1920. "It is the purpose of this article to bring together all of the data w...
Here's a good source for the ratings of old H.B. Smith radiators. It starts on page 56.
This catalog contains The H.B. Smith Company's complete line of boilers and radiators in 1929.
This is a catalog from the National Radiator Company from 1926 showcasing their boilers and radiators.
This catalog from the National Radiator Company dates back to 1903 and features their Solus and Imperial radiators.
Here are some beautiful radiators from The Standard Radiator Manufacturing Co. based in Buffalo, NY. This catalog dates back to 1898.
This very rare, circa-1897 catalog from the American Radiator Company comes to us by way of Frank "Steamhead" Wilsey. It's filled with hard-to-find radiator ratings. Than...
This article about the development of the radiator, written by Ara Marcus Daniels, appeared in Domestic Engineering magazine on January 11, 1930.
This catalog from the American Radiator Company is from 1920. It contains ratings for the American Peerless (formerly Rococo) Wall radiators, as well as many nice photos.
This catalog from the American Radiator Company from 1922 features the Corto radiator, which they called The Radiator Classic. Thanks to Bob Moore for scanning and sharin...