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An oil heater, also known as an oil-filled heater, oil-filled radiator, or column heater, is a common form of convection heater used in domestic heating. Although filled with oil , it is electrically heated and does not involve burning any oil fuel ; the oil is used as a heat reservoir (buffer).
The Pierce Steam Heating Company was founded in 1881 by John B. Pierce and Joseph Bond in Buffalo. [3] The Standard Radiator Company (Buffalo) was established in 1892 by Nelson Holland. [4] Advertisement for boilers from the American Radiator Company, illustrated by Ralph Barton, published in The Elks Magazine, May 1924
Radiators first used downward vertical flow, driven solely by a thermosyphon effect. Coolant is heated in the engine, becomes less dense, and so rises. As the radiator cools the fluid, the coolant becomes denser and falls. This effect is sufficient for low-power stationary engines, but inadequate for all but the earliest automobiles.
The Roman hypocaust is an early example of a type of radiator for building space heating. Franz San Galli, a Prussian-born Russian businessman living in St. Petersburg, is credited with inventing the heating radiator around 1855, [1] [2] having received a radiator patent in 1857, [3] but American Joseph Nason and Scot Rory Gregor developed a primitive radiator in 1841 [4] and received a number ...
The Medford metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon centered on the principal city of Medford, Oregon. [1] The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) identifies it as the Medford, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used by the United States Census Bureau (USCB) and other entities. [1]
Medford is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. [3] As of the 2020 United States Census on April 1, 2020, the city had a total population of 85,824, making it the eighth-most populous city in Oregon, and a metropolitan area population of 223,259, [4] making the Medford MSA the fourth largest metro area in Oregon.
The Village at Medford Center, formerly known as The Medford Center, is a regional shopping complex in east Medford, Oregon, United States.Spanning an 420,000-square-foot (39,000 m 2) of retail space spread over 36 acres, this regional retail center holds the distinction of being one of the oldest and largest shopping centers in Jackson County, alongside Rogue Valley Mall.
The Medford Carnegie Library is a two-story library building located in Medford, Oregon, United States. The building was erected in 1911 (completed in 1912) as a gift from Andrew Carnegie . [ 2 ] The Carnegie Library building was vacated in 2004 when all services were moved to a new library building in downtown Medford.