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Steam heating   /stim hˈitɪŋ/   Listen
Steam heating

noun
1.
A heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators.  Synonym: steam heat.






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"Steam heating" Quotes from Famous Books



... confidentially, "the governor insisted upon a deposit and it didn't seem to be exactly convenient. It isn't always these people with titles who've got the money. That we find out in our business, sir, as quickly as anybody. As for the steam heating you were talking about, Mr. Lynn, why, that's all very well for New York," he continued, persuasively, "but over here the climate doesn't call for it—you can take it from me that it doesn't, indeed, ...
— The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... 268 deg. F. No Dead Centers. The Steam Valve is a plain Slide Valve identical to the slide valve of a Steam Engine, but derives its motion from a cam. Speed can be regulated to suit evaporation. Pumping Returns from Steam Heating Apparatus a specialty. ...
— Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 • Various

... a small pipe for steam located below and near the bottom of the bin. The hot air pipes connected with a small furnace and air was forced through them by a Sturtevant No. 6 blower. The steam pipes connected with the boiler of a steam heating system installed to keep the buildings warm ...
— Concrete Construction - Methods and Costs • Halbert P. Gillette



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