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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.

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Radiator Output Based on Temperature

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...

Published on 06/12/2014 3:18 PM
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Rome Brass Convectors

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 ...

Published on 06/12/2014 3:12 PM
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Round-Radiator Photos

Thanks to Scott Albrecht, Pipe Shop Repair Foreman, Planning Design & Construction, Cornell University for taking and sharing photos of these circular radiators.

Published on 06/12/2014 3:09 PM
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Scott Valve Company 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...

Published on 06/12/2014 3:08 PM
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Sun Radiators and Heaters

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...

Published on 06/12/2014 3:03 PM
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Table of Estimated Radiation

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...

Published on 06/12/2014 3:01 PM
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Trane Heat Cabinets

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 ...

Published on 06/12/2014 2:58 PM
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