The First Hot-Water Heating System

 

 Jean Simon Bonnemain created the very first hot-water heating system in Paris in 1777 to heat chickens. In this video, Dan Holohan shares how this system worked and how it led to gravity hot-water heating systems.

Want to learn more? Read Dan Holohan’s book Classic Hydronics: How to Get the Most From Those Older Hot-Water Heating Systems.

Categories

Leave a comment

Related Posts

question2
Circulators or Zone Valves

Back in my rep days, half a lifetime ago, I sold Bell & Gossett circulators. We didn’t have a viable zone valve available at the time, and when the factory finally showed...

Published on 01/25/2023 1:02 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
pumping
Adventures in Pumping

I read somewhere that the most prevalent machine in the world is the electric motor. I thought about that for a while and it made sense. Just look around.

Published on 12/07/2021 11:47 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating