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Arco's Ventilorad Radiator Booster

Arco's Ventilorad Radiator Booster was an electric heat booster for ordinary radiator. Here is the literature from 1937, along with a letter to wholesale distributors fro...

Published on 06/16/2014 9:05 AM
Posted in Heating Museum
Corto Radiators

Corto, the Radiator Classic, was the creation of Louis Courtot - a French artist engineer long affiliated with the American Radiator Company. This radiator was meant to b...

Published on 06/16/2014 8:38 AM
Posted in Heating Museum
Crane Radiant Baseboard Panels (1952)

This booklet from 1952 about Crane Radiant Baseboard Panels covers more than just the baseboard radiators. It also gets into system engineering, Crane boilers, and even s...

Published on 06/16/2014 8:36 AM
Posted in Heating Museum
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Does the Color of a Radiator Matter?

This chart is from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Bureau of Standards, published on July 19, 1935. For a number of years this subject has received considerabl...

Published on 06/16/2014 6:58 AM by U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Bureau of Standards
Posted in Heating Museum