Boiler Book

You might try looking in a library to see if any of the Audel books will contain the specific info you're looking for. I found a Volume 2 (of a 3 book set) Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning Library.. Oil, Gas and Coal Burners, at a flea market many years ago. It's a very informative book, as are all of the Audel books that I've seen.

Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning Library (3 volumes)

Vol 1 Heating fundamentals, furnaces, boilers, boiler conversions Vol 2 Oil, gas and coal burners, controls, ducts, piping, valves Vol 3 Radiant heating, water heaters, ventilation, air conditioning, heat pumps, air cleaners

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"The Lost Art of Steam Heating" by Dan Holohan.

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:21:35 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Mike quickly quoth:

Modern or turn-of-the-century (1800s)? Bourne's _A Catechism of Steam_ is available from the free online Project Gutenberg site.

-- If it weren't for jumping to conclusions, some of us wouldn't get any exercise.

I think there's a Boiler(maker) Bookstore at Purdue University. :) Randy