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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1905 



A SECTION AT A TIME 

 JUST AS YOU NEED THEM 



A SECTION BOUGHT TO-DAY FITS A 

 SECTION BOUGHT FIVE YEARS HENCE 



Our Steelsects, or sectional cases, are interchangeable. You 

 can have them every section complete or in combination. Check 

 files, letter files, document files, safety deposit boxes, roller 

 shelving', blank files, elc. 



Jl'ritc for our Catalogue 30 S 



Steel Sectional Cabinets 



are adapted to every kind of office, the lawyer, the doctor, the 

 manufacturer, the business man, and all professional use. We 

 also make special equipment to order. Ask for our steel equip- 

 ment catalogue. We also make steel ceilings and other sheet 

 metal architectural work. 



THE BERGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



CANXON, O. 



V. 



A. H. G. 6-5 



NEW YORK 



BOSTON 



PHILADELPHIA 



The LOVELL wi " gow = Sflullef — 



AsfflS 



For Factories, Mills, 

 Foundries, E-te. 



A line of sash five 

 hundred feet in length 

 can be operated from 

 one station if desired. 

 Adapted to any kind 

 of sash, hinged or pivoted 



MANUFACTURE!* ONLY BY 



THE G. DROUVE COMPANY, 



BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 



Manufacturers and Erectors of Cornices, Ventilators, and Sheet 

 Metal Architectural Work of Every Description. 



WE INVITB CORRESPONDENCE AND GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. 



ARTISTIC 

 MANTELS 



^ Our line embraces 

 everything needed 

 for the fireplace, and 

 our Mantels range in 

 price from $2.65 up. 

 Catalogue free. 



THE GEO. W. CLARK CO. 



91 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 



306 Main St., Jacksonville, Fla. 



(Factory : Knoxville, Tenn.) 



umn, two gage cocks, glass water gage and one 

 draw-off cock. It lias 4,050 square feet of 

 direct radiation. Other steam heaters are 

 named the " Comfort," " Empire " and " Ross- 



sectional STEAM HEATER. 



more." The hot water heaters are called the 

 " Thatcher," " Comfort," " Empire " and 

 " Stirling." The " Thatcher " sectional hot 

 water heater is similar in construction to the 

 " Thatcher " steam boiler. Its numerous 

 waterways provide ample space for the water 

 to ascend freely and rapidly, creating a posi- 

 tive and uniform circulation through every 

 part of the heater, under all pressures, with 

 the greatest possible economy in fuel, and also 

 prevents the accumulation of sediment, reduc- 

 ing the friction to a minimum. The capacities 

 of these heaters can be increased at any time 

 by adding additional sections when more heat- 

 ing power is required. This is an important 

 advantage when additions are made to build- 

 ings and to the heating plant, and often does 

 away with the necessity of purchasing an en- 

 tirely new apparatus. In construction the 

 firm has carefully adhered to the form provid- 

 ing the most complete utilization of natural 

 laws. The boiler is sectional in construction, 

 with side and top manifolds or headers con- 

 nected to each section with screw nipples. No 

 connections are exposed to the fire, which 

 greatly reduces the possibility of internal leak- 

 ages often caused by expansion and contrac- 

 tion, or poorly made joints. The surface of 

 this boiler is divided into deep vertical water- 

 ways over the fire chamber, placing a very 

 large and effective area directly in contact 

 with the fire. These water-ways have open 

 flues at the top, giving additional surface and 

 compelling smoke and gases to completely pass 

 through and around them, thence to the back 

 of the boiler. It then travels through the 

 horizontal flues to the front, and then again 

 through an upper tier of horizontal flues to 

 the rear and smoke hood, thus utilizing the 

 largest possible percentage of heat units obtain- 

 able. The absorbing surface, that is, the large 

 hanging superficies exposed directly over the 

 fire and the flue surface, is correctly and scien- 

 tifically proportioned to absorb the greatest 

 amount of heat units for the minimum quan- 

 tity of fuel. In warm air heating, the im- 

 proved " Thatcher Tubular " furnace, the 

 " Scorcher," the " Meteor," the " Winner," 

 the " Active," and the " Tubular " in bat- 

 tery form, comprise an important cluster in 

 the new salesrooms. The " Tubular " is un- 

 surpassed, being absolutely gas tight, having 

 a large sensitive tubular fire surface and a 

 properly proportioned pot. These important 

 features insure against overheated air and the 

 wasteful use of fuel. Astonishing results and 

 enormous or wonderful saving of fuel are not 

 claimed ; but it is easily demonstrated that the 

 construction gives the fullest possible amount 

 of fresh, warm air with the least amount of 

 fuel. The " Thatcher Combination Heater," 

 hot air and hot water, is used in cases where 

 they are situated so they can not be reached 



