Heating Collection

Fire. Logs burning on a campfire

Triplex Grate C Pattern
The C-pattern TRIPLEX grate, with heated compartments above and to one side of the open fireplace which has a warming stand in front of it

Largest Gasometer in the World - East Greenwich, London - built in 1888. Situated on the Greenwich peninsula, close to the site of the O2 Arena

1960s paraffin heater
Paraffin heater, historical image. This portable heater, manufactured in the 1960s, was fuelled by the fossil fuel paraffin (also called paraffin oil and kerosene)

Economics a la Heath Robinson
Do not scrap your disused lighting, heating, or cooking apparatus; they can be easily adapted to other requirements

Persian pharmacy, 13th century artwork
Persian pharmacy. 13th century Arabic artwork entitled The Preparation of Medicine from Honey. This image was produced in Baghdad, Iraq, whilst it was still part of the Persian Empire

Central heating for cars / W H Robinson
The Autofooetjoye central heating device, consisting of a small zinc water tank glued to the back of the car

Symmetrically stacked pile of Logs for use as firewood
HAR-127 Symmetrically stacked pile of Logs for use as firewood Anthony Harrison Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Distillation, 16th century woodcut
Distillation. Coloured 16th century woodcut depicting apparatus used for distillation

Cupping
MODEL RELEASED. Cupping. Cupping, or fire cupping, is a practice derived from Chinese medicine and is used in the treatment of respiratory conditions and musculoskeletal pains

Alchemist at work
Black and white print of the painting, " L Alchimiste" by David Teniers the Younger, dated 1790. HPF/5C/4"

Highfield Road, home of Coventry City Football Club, our picture shows an under-soil heating system being installed on the pitch, 25th April 1961

Electric Fires 1929
Electrical heaters give cosy warmth instantly day and night no fumes no smoke, products for Harrods catalogue electrical department. 1929

Advertisement for Crane petite boilers -- male model (Tony Gale) extending his hand. 1959

Cupping
MODEL RELEASED. Cupping. Therapist heating cups on a clients back

Hot water cylinder with jacket
Domestic hot water cylinder covered with an insulating jacket

Advert for Ideal Central Heating
Advert illustrating the benefits of installing an Ideal central heating system. Date: 1939

Advert Main Velomain gas space heater 1939
When winter comes! Main Velomain gas space heater, requires no flue, and does not discolour the walls and ceilings. 1939

Drying off, thermogram
Drying off. Thermogram of a man drying himself in front of a radiator, using a towel. The colour- coding shows variations in temperature

Interior of new Pullman Mors car
Photograph showing the plush interior of the Marquis of Angleseys new Pullman Mors car, which included polished mohogany, revolving leather arm chairs and heating

Triplex Grate 1929
The TRIPLEX grate, with heated compartments on either side of the open fireplace

Chopping Firewood
A lady goes out into the snow with her axe to chop wood for the fire

Illustration for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (engraving)
5220415 Illustration for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (engraving) by Fraser, Francis Arthur (1846-1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: " We found the aged heating the poker)

Fuel winter crisis: Heating pumped from the earth and water
Diagram illustrating how heat in the earth and water can provide heating for homes and factories

Steelworks. Open hearth furnace inside Azvostal steelworks in Zhadanov, Russia

Insulation in a house loft or roof space
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

A man measuring the depth of insulation in a house loft or roof space
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

FOULIS GAS FIRE / 1889
Foulis Patent Regenerative Gas fire, supplied by the Carron Company. Universally admitted to be the most efficient gas fires by the trade both at home and abroad

child of Xingu Indians in the Aamzone, Brazil being washed in the moring

Bells Asbestos - Aircraft Asbestos Cabin Heating Cladding - Bells Asbestos & Engineering Ltd. Date: 1942

Claiming to be the largest store in the world, Dufayel offers sewing machines, cameras, furniture, heating and lighting, prams, hunting and religious items... etc. Date: 1906

Electric Chain Saw on top of a pile of just cut Common Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

1940s ELDERLY MAN IN BASEMENT WEARING APRON SHOVELING COAL INTO FURNACE

old type Baxi Gas heating Boiler Baxi Gas heating boiler

Smelting Furnace - Sierra Leone, West Africa
Smelting in a bloomery-type furnace in Sierra Leone, West Africa. circa 1910s

Portrait of Sophie Germain (1776-1831) French mathematician
XEE4156407 Portrait of Sophie Germain (1776-1831) French mathematician (Portrait of Marie-Sophie Germain French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher) - engraving 1860 - by Unknown Artist

Poor poet An old man lies in an attic. Painting by Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885) 1839. Dim. 0
JLJ4645957 Poor poet An old man lies in an attic. Painting by Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885) 1839. Dim. 0.36 X 0.44 m Berlin, Altes Museum, Germany - The Poor Poet. An old man bedridden in an attic

A specially designed coal-fired boiler house servicing 673 flats in Edith Avenue Estate, Washington New Town

Mrs Elsie Hedley, pictured outside her space age home in Thetford, Glebe Village, Washington

Advert for Rippingilles oil warming stoves 1890
Made of cast-iron these four decorative oil-warming stoves are odourless, smokeless, portable, safe and easy to clean. Available at ironmonagers. Date: 1890

Old chimneys on a roof, Ramsgate, Kent, England

An engraving depicting the remains of a hypocaust for heating the Roman bath at Lincoln
5310673 An engraving depicting the remains of a hypocaust for heating the Roman bath at Lincoln, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1851); Universal History Archive/UIG

A brass mesh fire guard
5310229 A brass mesh fire guard; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a brass mesh fire guard which could also be used as a screen when the fireplace was not in use)

The interior of a Russian peasant's cottage
5310136 The interior of a Russian peasant's cottage; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the interior of a Russian peasant's cottage showing the large stove used for cooking and heating)

A sectional view of a house warmed by hot water
5311251 A sectional view of a house warmed by hot water, which in turn was heated by the boiler on the bottom floor, and travelled through reservoirs (F, F)

An engraving depicting a parlour maid making up a coal fire
5310781 An engraving depicting a parlour maid making up a coal fire

A young girl heating Gamalost
3732843 A young girl heating Gamalost; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a young girl heating Gamalost, which translates as old cheese, which was a pungent traditional Norwegian cheese)

Still for the production of distilled water
PCT4266364 Still for the production of distilled water, engraving from 1851, extracted from Regnault's "elementaire de chimie".; (add.info.: Still for the production of distilled water)

Mr Whiteley's design for central heating and hot water system
5307929 Mr Whiteley's design for central heating and hot water system.; (add.info)

A maid holding a coal scuttle
5308066 A maid holding a coal scuttle.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a maid holding a coal scuttle, which features an angled opening at the top, making it easier to scoop coal. Dated 19th century)

Inside a buron at Mont Dore (Mont-Dore) in Auvergne
JAB5037223 Inside a buron at Mont Dore (Mont-Dore) in Auvergne. Engraving in " The peoples of the Earth" 1890.; (add.info.: Inside a buron at Mont Dore (Mont-Dore) in Auvergne

A poor mother with her children, 1850
3478201 A poor mother with her children, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a poor mother collecting firewood with her children. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Russian Manners and Customs, 1821. Coloured lithograph
544519 Russian Manners and Customs, 1821. Coloured lithograph.; (add.info.: Peasant Interior: Husband and wife in their wooden dwelling)

Peasant cottage interior. 17th century (engraving)
541250 Peasant cottage interior. 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Husband, wearing wooden clogs, snoozes in chimney corner by fire on which cooking would be done)

An engraving depicting a mother and daughter together sitting at the fireside
5310756 An engraving depicting a mother and daughter together sitting at the fireside, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1881); Universal History Archive/UIG

A brass mesh fire guard
5310227 A brass mesh fire guard; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a brass mesh fire guard hooked to a grate. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

France: Fumistry shop front, heating and ventilation
LUX4723737 France: Fumistry shop front, heating and ventilation, 1910 - Maison Nichelini, Gervais successor; (add.info.: France: Fumistry shop front, heating and ventilation, 1910 - Maison Nichelini)

The heating the bar of angle steel for the rib of a ship, 1850
3359934 The heating the bar of angle steel for the rib of a ship

The heating the bar of angle steel for the rib of a ship, 1850
3359931 The heating the bar of angle steel for the rib of a ship

19th century illustration of heating wax
673402 19th century illustration of heating wax; (add.info.: Heating wax to seal bags of mail, a nineteenth century illustration); Universal History Archive/UIG

Rumford's fireplace
536208 Rumford's fireplace.; (add.info.: Rumford's fireplace. Improved efficiency by reducing chimney and depth of fireplace and putting polished plates to reflect heat into room)

Marc Seguin's locomotive
5308300 Marc Seguin's locomotive.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Marc Seguin's locomotive used on the St Etienne Line. Shown is the fan device used for supplying a draught to the boiler)

A woman sat in front of a roaring open fire
5307926 A woman sat in front of a roaring open fire.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a woman sat in front of a roaring open fire, by her feet lies her poodle. Dated 19th century)

An open fire with brass fender
5307924 An open fire with brass fender.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting women sat in front of an open fire with a brass fender and fire basket. Dated 19th century)

The process of making lead shots
5310120 The process of making lead shots; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the process of making lead shots: feeding lead ingots into the melting pots)

A kitchen scene
5310041 A kitchen scene; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a kitchen scene showing a range manufactured by Henry Goddard of Nottingham)

An engraving depicting a man soldering copper
5311330 An engraving depicting a man soldering copper, nickel, and zinc alloy to form an item which would eventually electroplated with silver

A crofter's hut near Salcots
5310302 A crofter's hut near Salcots; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a crofter's hut, with a Canadian box stove being used for both cooking and heating, near Salcots, North-West Territories)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Motor show at the grand palace with external heating by a cast iron stove
LUX4810962 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Motor show at the grand palace with external heating by a cast iron stove, 1905 -; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

The fee fleur de cactus stands near a stove
FLO4637601 The fee fleur de cactus stands near a stove, in a greenhouse - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882)

A sectional view of a house heated by Angier March Perkins method of circulating hot water with pressure
5311250 A sectional view of a house heated by Angier March Perkins method of circulating hot water with pressure

An engraving depicting a father admiring his new daughter
5311224 An engraving depicting a father admiring his new daughter

An engraving depicting a gentleman sitting beside a roaring fire
5310755 An engraving depicting a gentleman sitting beside a roaring fire. In the bottom left of the picture is a coal shuttle, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1882); Universal History Archive/UIG

Advertisement for a Musgrave's slow combination cooker and heating apparatus
5307921 Advertisement for a Musgrave's slow combination cooker and heating apparatus.; (add.info.: Advertisement for a Musgrave's slow combination cooker and heating apparatus)

Two young men warm themselves in front of a wood fire during the winter
JAB5036999 Two young men warm themselves in front of a wood fire during the winter

Soldiers quarters at Fort George, 18th century
3507850 Soldiers quarters at Fort George, 18th century; (add.info.: stove; kettles and fireplace inside the soldiers quarters at Fort George; 18th-century fortress)

Education. Children life in the countryside
3434972 Education. Children life in the countryside. Girl reading a tale to her brothers and sisters

Letter C: Driver - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216542 Letter C: Driver - Professions Alphabet

Artist's reconstruction of casting weapons in the Iron Age
531503 Artist's reconstruction of casting weapons in the Iron Age. Left background, heating metal in furnace. Right, pouring molten metal into mould. Centre, Mould opened and cast object removed

New letter boxes erected in London being mistaken for heating stoves
538334 New letter boxes erected in London being mistaken for heating stoves. Cartoon from Punch, London, March 1855

An old man heating himself in front of a fireplace. 13th century French manuscript
GIA5034837 An old man heating himself in front of a fireplace. 13th century French manuscript.; © Giancarlo Costa

Young girls reading
CSO4979924 Young girls reading and reheating themselves has a fire covered by a blanket - Girls warming covered fire - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info)

Les GUEUX - Le beggar au couvot engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
JEB4889770 Les GUEUX - Le beggar au couvot engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8

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"Heating up the Fire: From Ancient Alchemy to Modern Comfort" In the quest for warmth, humans have always found ingenious ways to harness fire. The triplex grate C pattern, an invention reminiscent of Heath Robinson's economic contraptions, exemplifies our resourcefulness. Dating back centuries, a 16th-century woodcut showcases distillation techniques used to extract heat from natural sources. Transportation also benefited from heating advancements. W. H. Robinson's central heating system revolutionized car interiors, ensuring cozy journeys even in the coldest winters. Meanwhile, a symmetrically stacked pile of logs stands as a testament to our reliance on firewood for comfort and sustenance throughout history. The pursuit of warmth extended beyond practicality; it became an art form too. Persian pharmacy artwork from the 13th century depicts intricate scenes where alchemists diligently worked towards perfecting their craft – creating elixirs that could warm both body and soul. Even unconventional methods were explored in search of heat-induced relief. Cupping therapy emerged as an ancient practice aimed at stimulating blood flow and promoting healing through localized heat application. Beyond domestic settings, iconic locations like Highfield Road - home of Coventry City Football Club - witnessed moments when under-soil heating systems ensured matches went ahead despite freezing temperatures outside. Advancements in technology brought about modern solutions such as Crane petite boilers which promised efficient and reliable heating for homes across the nation. From humble beginnings rooted in primitive fires to sophisticated systems fueling our contemporary lives, it has evolved into more than just a necessity; it has become a symbol of human ingenuity and comfort-seeking nature throughout time.