This chart from Shaw-Perkins Radiators shows the various outputs in Btu/hr per square foot E.D.R. that you'll get at various steam pressures (including vacuum systems). T...
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Gold, Nason, Bundy, and Reed Radiators were some of the first radiators made. This document contains radiator ratings are have been very tough to come by. Thanks to Frank...
Here is a circa-1929 from the Richmond Radiator Company featuring their Richmond Floorline Radiator for heating.
This document contains information and ratings for Rome Brass Radiators for concealed radiation from the Rome Brass Radiator Corp. Thanks to Frank "Steamhead" Wilsey for ...
Thanks to Scott Albrecht, Pipe Shop Repair Foreman, Planning Design & Construction, Cornell University for taking and sharing photos of these circular radiators.
The Scott Valve Company of Chicago printed this catalog in 1915 showcasing their radiators, along with radiator ratings. You'll find the Niagra radiator, the Triumph radi...
This circa-1898 booklet from the Standard Radiator Manufacturing Co. contains information about their plain and ornamental radiators. Thanks to Bob Moore for finding and ...
This unique circa-1905 catalog is from the U.S. Radiator and Boiler Company of Pittsburg, PA and contains some very hard-to-find radiator ratings for Sun Radiators and He...
Written by Harry B. Perrigo in 1913, these four pages of simplified sizing information for heating systems must have been in the pockets of many a Dead Man over the years...
This is a brochure about Trane Heat Cabinets calling them "the greatest advancement of the age in the field of heating" and "successors to the radiator." Thanks to Frank ...