Hydronic and steam book from 1940

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There may be a few things in it that interest Dan, if he doesn`t already have it. Never know where we "find things" huh? <BR><BR>Dave

Dave_4

Great find!!!

Hi,

Today I was helping my sister in law move her parents. Tom (Her father) told me about his dad who was a heating contractor way back in the old days. He handed me one of his old books and told me I could keep it. The book was well worth the price of my labor to move him. I skimmed through it and the book answered some questions that I had when looking at some old steam and gravity hot water heating systems.

The title of the book is 'Questions and Answers on the Practice and Theory of Steam and Hot Water Heating by Robert Starbuck. The book was considered one of the bible's for heating men back in the day. It was written and published in 1940 before the invention of the Amtrol diaphram expansion tank. Right around the birth of the pumped hydronic systems. The book was well known as the Starbuck grey book way back then.

It has many chapters on all types of old systems, good pictures and diagrams also. Many good sizing charts for all the systems. The book has chapters on installations of

Gravity hot water heating systems

Gravity hotwater to pumped hot water conversion

One Pipe Steam

Two Pipe Steam

Vacuum Steam

High Pressure Steam

Circuit system of steam heating

Overhead steam

Overhead hot water

Circuit system of hot water heating

Expansion tank (how to best locate it in the attic)

Indirect domestic heating

Theory

Forced Circulation hot water heating (this chapter was new for 1940 and was the cutting edge)

Its awesome!!!!!!!!!!

JR


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mike8

John - Why don't you send it to Dan Holohan for inclusion in the websites Library. His address is at the very very bottom border of this page. I'm sure he will appreciate having it.

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Better yet...

Scan it into a digital format, email it to him and he'll convert it to PDF for everyone to see,..

Great find. I know Dan has met some of the Starbuck family.

ME

Dave_4

Dan? are you out there?

Dan,

Do you have a copy of this book yet?

Would you like to borrow it and have a copy made for your library? It is 166 pages and I don't have time to scan it all in but if you do, I would lend it to you.

Do we need to get permision from someone? or because it is over 60 years old does that matter?

JR

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