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The Advantages of Steam Heat

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Rudy
Rudy Member Posts: 482
in THE MAIN WALL
"It is a lamentable fact that usually, instead of presenting to the air to be warmed a sufficiently large surface of moderately heated metal, a very small surface of iron is presented, which is heated to such a degree as to scorch the air, producing the disagreeable odor so well known to those who frequent churches and other places where the so called hot air furnaces are defectively constructed or not properly used."

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fmanu%2Fmanu0002%2F&tif=00246.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DABS1821-0002-510

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  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,084
    neat article..

    guess i know where the term scorched air comes from now...hehe..how old is this article? is there a way to date it.
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

  • Rudy
    Rudy Member Posts: 482
    January 1870

    Went to the top of the screen and typed in 'Go to Page "1".
    This was in the January 1870 edition!!
  • Dave Meers
    Dave Meers Member Posts: 103
    what is old is new again

    Hi Rudy,

    Great post. Thanks for sharing. Love the old stuff, we can always learn, and sometimes laugh.

    Best regards, Pat
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