Practical Ventilation As Applied to Public, Domestic, and Agricultural Structures was written by Robert Scott Burn and published in 1850. It was presented as "an elucidation of plans and suggestions, of easy application, for ventilating every species of architectural structure with remarks on heating, construction of fireplaces, cure of smoky chimneys, and an appendix on the ventilation of ships, steamboats, and railway carriages." 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.