Alice H. Parker - Inventor of the Natural Gas Heater

We don't know much about the life of Alice H. Parker, except that the cold New Jersey winter annoyed her enough that she invented the first natural gas heater and "zoned heating" - the foundational technology for modern HVAC systems!

Listen now to hear more about her groundbreaking invention, and what we know about this woman who created perhaps the greatest creature comfort humanity has ever known!

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