Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1932, Page 33

THE EV. Today's Newest NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1932. A joint production of American Radiator and Petro- Nokol...the ARCO-PETRO...a boiler-burner heating unit...provides hot water, too...and eclipses every advance ever announced in automatic home heating! We supply the 0il, too. As the world’s oldest and largest il beating organization, we complete our service by supplying you with our own oil in our own trucks from our own oil terminals. This insures the right oil for your burner and provides undivided responsibility for the proper functioning of your oil burner and oil supply. HERE‘S TODAY'S biggest news in home heating...a triumph that revolutionizes even this year’s advances in automatic heat. . . that overnight eclipses achievements that have been announced with wide publicity. A combined burner-boiler and hot water heater ... with low-cost operation PROVED by actual use in hundreds of homes. Sold on our Public Service Plan that acrually enables you to pay for it, month by month, out of its demonstrated savings. Engineered to the minute by the originators of automatic oil heat and the world’s leading manu- facturers of home heating systems. Backed by the biggest name in heating equip- ment. An institution famous the world over. Foremost in its industry for half a century. American Radiator! And in an allied field another noted name. The name of oil-burner pioneers. Makers of the largest line of automatic equipment— Petro-Nokol. Recognized as the most successful firm of its kind. Petroleum Heat & Power! Only natural that they should work together ... to produce a burner and a boiler made for each other as one homogeneou§, self-contained unit. The Arco-Petro Leads World in Automatic Heat The Arco-Petro is no mere laboratory experiment. After long and careful testing it was actually installed...in hundreds of homes...in all parts of the country. It was tried under all sorts of climatic conditions, in dwellings of many different sizes and designs, The first automatic oil burner ever sold. for residential use was a Petro-Nokol and was installed in an American Radiator boiler in the home pictured above, located in Detroit. Automatic Boiler Burns Oil or Gas Petro-Nokol equipment is serving one hundred thousand American homes as well as many of the country's most famous buildings. Pictured are a few outstanding examples. (1) Riverside Memorial Church, world's largest parish church, (2) Cornell Medical Center, world's largest bospital. (3) London Terrace, world’s largest apartment house, and (4) Metropolitan Life Tower, one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers. and with the widely varying qualities of fuel oil sold locally. It was designed by a nation-wide organiza- tion of experienced, practical heating men, engineers whose sole duties and daily activi- ties have been concerned with the heating system as a whole, not with the boiler alone. Proven by Years of Use Only after several years' use wnder actual operating conditions in the home is the Arco- Petro offered to the public at large. For now there can be no doubt of its amazing efficiency. One enthusiastic user after another testi- fies to the saving in fuel costs, varying from 3334 per cent to over 50 per cent under pre- vious heating costs. With the Arco-Petro you can forget about your boiler. Just set the thermostat for what- ever temperature you wish. You don't even have 1o start or stop it from one year's end to the other. The Arco-Petro provides you with hot water winter or summer—all you can use! With fifty years of heating experience and twenty-nine years of oil burner experience back of it,you'd expect the Arco-Petro to be efficient. You'd expect it to be thoroughly quiet...and it is. You'd expect it to require little servicing @ In jyour heating system the boiler, the piping—rthe valves— the radiators —the chimney— each is only one part, just like the individual parts of an auto- mobile. For best results ALL PARTS must function together with Pperfect teamwork. The Arco-Petro is especially de- signed to fit American Radiator equipment. When you consider heating improvements ALWAYS consult your beating contractor. and you are not surprised to find it requires scarcely any. Its efficiency is guaranteed by the unified service and undivided responsi- bility of the two companies which make it. On the other hand, you are surprised at its beautiful pastel colors, its immaculate cleanliness in operation, freedom from dirt, soot and odor, and the utter simplicity of its construction. Mechanism Sealed and Concealed The mechanism is out of sight, sealed and concealed from curious ot mischievous fin- gers. Yet in a mere hour or two this mech- anism can be changed over . . . to burn gas if it burns oil, to burn oil if it burns gas. It comes in a complete range of models and sizes to fit steam, hot water or vapor systems. There’s one that exactly meets the needs of your own heating system. Come and inspect the Arco-Petro. Learn the easy terms on which it may be yours. Then make up your mind to enjoy the many comforts of completely automatic heat, in- cluding all the hot water you can use the year 'round. And remember that the Arco-Petro estab- lishes a new standard for low-cost heating. See your local PETRO-&—~NOKOL DEALER of your own HEATING CONTRACTOR. PLEASE SEND ME FULL INFORMATION ARCO-PETRO 511 Fifth Avenue New York, N.Y. 1—46 Name. Home Address Gigphs bt C oo Yl ARGO-PETRO Can be seen at AUTOMATIC HEATING CORPORATION nnegticut Avenue . | Telephone North 0627, R e 5 1719 C