This circa-1932 booklet from the Hudson Coal Company outlines the benefits of heating with coal. As the foreword says, "Science has made remarkable strides in the past fe...
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This document from 1910 outlines the Kriebel System of Vapor-Vacuum Heating. Thank you to our forum member Reggi for sharing this resource with us.
This 1963 booklet from Utica Radiator Corporation contains information about Utica's Donobilt gas and oil boilers, Utica Series 8 boilers, Utica Starfire boilers, Utica C...
This August 1984 issue of The Problem Solver Hydronic Heating Handbook by Wallace Eannace Associates, Inc. is about heating system noises. It covers velocity noise, noisy...
This HB Smith BB14 Boiler/Burner Unit for residential installations is from May 1980.
A catalog from the Burnham Corporation circa 1980s featuring boilers for steam and hot-water heating systems, as well as Burnham Base-Ray cast-iron baseboard, the Duo-Rad...
This is the American Standard G-2 Gas Boiler Installation-Operation and Maintenance Manual (For Packaged Boilers with V-600 Series Gas Valves, Flush or Deluxe Jackets).
This is the American Standard G-2 Gas Boiler Installation-Operation and Maintenance Manual (Supplement for Steam Non-Packaged Boilers with Flush or Deluxe Jackets).
This excerpt about the NIRA Window Seat Radiator for Steam and Hot Water Heating is from Facts for Fitters, a 1916 catalog from The Hunting Co.
Thank you to Frank "Steam...
Here is an excerpt from the 1920 and 1922 Ideal Fitter books from American Radiator Company about their Arco Window Radiators.
Thank you to Frank "Steamhead" Wilsey of A...