The first snap-action precision switch was developed by Burgess Laboratories in 1932 for temperature control in a chicken brooder. A Burgess employee purchased the electronics division in 1937 and ...

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Improved fuel efficiency and easier maintenance are being claimed by heating system manufacturer Space-Ray for its latest brooder. “Instead of wasting fuel using a standard pilot light, the new No 5 ...