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dobro23
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anyone have a list of important dates to the steam heating world? Im finding years but not exact days. looking for things such as: October 3, 1854- Steven Gold patents the Gold matress radiator. thanks in advance.
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I think you'll need to get in touch with @DanHolohan for that kind of detail.0
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How's this?
https://heatinghelp.com/blog/a-years-worth-of-heating-history/
More history here: https://heatinghelp.com/blog/category/history-lesson
It pays to wander off The Wall.Retired and loving it.1 -
"On August 14, 1903, John Collis of Des Moines, Iowa filed a patent for a one-pipe steam supply valve that could be throttled."
This was patent No. 763724
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@Eastman, it worked like this:
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/35/36/01f65f23c17401/US763724.pdfRetired and loving it.0 -
Anyone care to provide a layman's interpretation? I could not follow the patent description.0
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