The American Gas Machine Co. made this Radiant Heater No. One.
All 7 of the ceramic radiants are original and only required
cleaning along with the rest of the restoration.
The large gas tank is behind the door in the base of the unit.
Harold Porter bought this heater at a farm sale;
he found it in a three-hole outhouse!

The Coleman Lamp & Stove Co. made this Model No. 653D Fuel Supply Tank
for "Burners, Cook Stoves, Ranges, Heaters & Lighting Plants" in 1925-28.
The tank holds a gallon of fuel and includes a built-on pump.
This restored tank, in John Carriere's collection,
came from an older house in Jackson, Tennessee,
that also had an AGM hollow wire fixture.

Coleman made 7487 Model 3 "Hot Beam" radiant heaters, all in Aug - Dec, 1928.
This one is dated Aug. 1928 and is in Neil McRae's collection.
This is a Quick-Lite appliance and should start
relatively easily after heating the generator with two matches
but it is more difficult to start than that.
Once it is running it runs well.

Coleman Model 480 was also called the Hot Ray radiant heater.
This heater, in the Nichols' collection,
is dated Oct 1929.
It has the original ceramic radiant and still works well.
This heater can be tilted to the horizontal position
and used to heat food on the wire guard which becomes a grill.

Coleman made this radiant heater for their Sunshine Safety Lamp Co. subsidiary
in Kansas City, Missouri, beginning in 1926.
The fount and handle are the same as on their Model 532 lamp
and the fount is stamped with that model number.
This heater, in Jan Dyke's collection,
lacks the ceramic radiant.

Coleman shipped 30,126 thousand No. 4 radiant heaters from June, 1927
through 1929 (Charleen Becker - Hiram Strong's "Shipping Records").
This match lighting appliance, in Glenn Knapke's collection,
requires preheating and has a large fuel tank
with built-in pump behind the front panel.

Coleman probably made the large Model 5B heater in the 1930's
until they were discontinued by the end of this decade
based on information from Herb Ebendorf, Coleman Historian.
Glenn Knapke restored this heater which is in his collection.
This model requires preheating and has 8 vertical ceramic radiants

Coleman made the Model 456 Soldering Furnace
and the 454 Utility Burner in the later 1920's and early 1930's.
This one, in Dwayne Hanson's collection, is dated Nov. '29.
The brown lacquer on the collar may be the remnants
of the original finish on this never-plated brass fount.
The knob was replaced with a "T" handle by a previous owner.

Coleman Canada advertised the Model 16 heater

in the mid-1930's, according to Roland Chevalier,

whose collection this is in.

The art deco guard in front of the radiants

is as on Model 17 but appears to be original.

This model is instant lighting.

Coleman Canada made these radiant heater Models 18 (left) that used kerosene

and 19 (right) that used gasoline.

The art deco design has only two wide radiants

rather than several narrow radiants as in other models.

Paperwork with the Model 18 is dated Jan. 1950.

These heaters are in Tom Muscardin's (left) and Bo Ryman's (right) collections.

An Amish shop in north-central Indiana made these buggy heaters
to hold a Coleman 500 stove (left, dated A [Jan-Jun] '51) and a Coleman 502 stove (right, dated May 1962).
The sliding door protects the buggy occupants
and the upper, double-walled enclosure prevents burns.
A handle and place to hook the heaters to the dashboards are not visible.
This heater on the left is in Jon Schedler's collection.

These Drum Heaters, No. 5050 (left), and No. 999 (right) were made by the Kamp-Site Products Co.,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the Coleman 500 and 502 stoves respectively.

The drum heater and 500A stove (left) are in Fred Kuntz's collection.

The stove is dated Jan. 1957.

The drum heater and 502 stove (right) are in Dennis Hanson's collection.

The stove is dated Jan. 1968.

Coleman also made drum heaters for their Model 501 & 501A stoves in the early 60's (left)

and Model 502 from the mid-1960's at least to the later 1970's (right).

Drum Heater 501-952, in John Morris' collection,

lacks the cut-out for the burner on stove Model 502.

Drum Heater 502-952 is on a 502 stove dated May 1972.

The vertical steel clips attach the heaters to the stoves.

The Canadian Coleman factory also made this

Model 519 heater that is date stamped Feb. 1983.

This heater, in Mike Ogilvie's collection,

uses the same size fount as on lanterns of that period

such as the 321 series.

Erich & Graetz AktienGesellschaft, Berlin, Germany,
introduced this Model 85N heating and cooking unit in 1939.
This appliance, in Juan Caiti's collection, has 3 ceramic mantles
arranged in a triangle inside the similarly shaped generator loop.
The fount, which is the same as used on Petromax lanterns,
holds 1 3/4 pints of kerosene and will burn for 7 hours.
A ring to hold pots on the top cooking surface is missing.

This Petromax Model 829

has been outfitted with a reproduction heater adapter

made by collector Roman Auf der Maur

who made a few for friends.

This one is in Erik Leger's collection.

The adapter is used in lieu of a mantle to maximaze heat output.

The Gloria Light Co. of Australia (Melbourne) made this radiant heater
with the same blue paint finish with gold accent
as on table and wall lamp models that Albert White has seen.
This heater, in Martin French's collection,
includes the wire mesh heating element (right image)
and has a height adjustment screw on the front of the fount.

Model 156 Radiateur Succes was sold from the mid-1920's until the early 1930's
by two French companies, Louis Compain et Cie, Paris, then Guenet & Abbat.
It is designed to be a free standing heater or wall mounted, as seen here.
The metal guard is strong enough so that the reflector can be pointed vertically
when free standing so it can be used as a cooker.
This heater is in Neil McRae's collection.

This heater is stamped with the Hasag brand, but we don't know

when it was made or the company name at the time of manufacture.

The heater, in Agtas Tahsin's collection, has a silent burner

and uses gasoline or a gasoline blend.

It was used by the German air force.

Please contact me if you have more information on this heater.

This Veritas brand bowl fire (radiant heater)
apparently was made by Samuel Heath & Sons, UK,
based on similarities to a Thermidor brand lantern
made by them.
This bowl fire is in Neil McRae's collection.

Aktiebolaget B.A. Hjorth, Sweden made this Model 110 Primus heater.
This heater, in Dane Gernecke's collection,
lacks the wire guard and a draught shield that sits on the alcohol cup.
By inserting standard legs in lieu of the reflector and heating cone supports,
the appliance becomes a tripod stove with a silent burner.
The date code AN (1949) is stamped on the bottom.

Aktiebolaget B.A. Hjorth made the Model 155R (Radiator only) heater on the left,

while the 155R heater on the right is marked Made in Norway

so it was presumably made by Hovik Verk in that country under license.

These heaters, in Bo Ryman's collection, have silent burners;

the heating cones and reflectors are supported by the tripod legs.

These Model 158 Primus heaters differ in the reflector finish.

Model 158/2 (left) is nickel plated aluminum,

but is stamped 158/15 on the bottom and is date stamped 1939.

Model 158/3 (right) is brass and is only stamped 158 and is date stamped 1947.

These heaters are in Bo Ryman's collection.

This Model 1012 Primus heater is date stamped 1931

and has a large 3.5 liter fount!

This heater is in Bo Ryman's collection.

The fount on this Model 1010 Primus heater

holds nearly two pints of kerosene

and will run for 7-8 hours on a filling.

This heater, date stamped 1952,

is in Ruedi Fischer's collection.

This bowl fire was made by Imber Research, a British company.
It is the same as a heater made under the Bialaddin name
(compare to the bowl fire on the right below).
This heater is seen here running on kerosene;
the alcohol preheater with the wick and cup is just below the mantle.
This heater is in Will Nelle's collection.

Willis & Bates made these 3 versions of the Bialaddin F2700 bowl fire.
Type 1 on the left has an air block and flat handle base (bottom)
and a preheater fill spout (top).
Type 2 (center) is as Type 1 but lacks the air block and spout.
Type 3 (right) is as type 2 but has a dipped handle base.
These bowl fires are in Neil McRae's collection.

Johannesburg Metal Pressings is believed to have manufactured this Apex brand heater.
This heater is in Alan Ford's collection.
The curved surface above the burner
turns a strawberry red color when running, according to Alan.
This piece is easily dislodged and needs to be cleaned of soot
if the heater has not been running at full power.

This Kayen radiator, model HR 11, is in Jim Dick's collection.
It was made in Sydney and Melbourne,
by W. Kopson & Co. and T.S. Nettleford & Sons respectively, between 1945 and circa 1955.
Founts were usually polished brass not copper as seen on this model,
which is sprayed with gold lacquer.
The reflector is polished copper.