Bates & Johnson (Successors to Wyllys H. Warner), Manufacturers of Steam Warming Apparatus - Bates' Patent Self-Feeding Boiler, for Low Pressure Steam Warming and Ventilating Apparatus

Cortland, NY, The Standard Power Printing Establishment, 1883. First Edition. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 3/4; pp. [1], 4-14; beige, stiff, card stock wraps, printed in black; age-toning and a bit of foxing to wraps; small chip to lower corner of front wrap; occasional spots of foxing to pages; illustrated with numerous woodcuts, including in-line and full-page plates; overall in very good condition. The business was established in 1860 in New York by Wyllys H. Warner and passed under the control of Bates and Johnson in 1880. The company's self-feeding boiler was patented in February of 1883 and later that same year was installed, as part of its steam-heating system, in the iconic Manhattan Company and Merchants' Bank Building on Wall Street. The booklet described and illustrated the parts of the apparatus, its method of operating, the advantages of using it, etc. Very good .

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