Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 1, Number 18, DeMotte, Jasper County, 24 November 1932 — Future Houses May Be Warmed by Wall Paper [ARTICLE]

Future Houses May Be Warmed by Wall Paper

A new kind of wall paper which warms the rooms in which it is used has passed successfully through a series of tests. It was fitted to the ceilings of some of the cabins in the Canadian Pacific railway’s liner Duchess of Richmond. Occupiers of the cabins found that in the coldest weather they were able to keep them at a pleasant temperature. The wall or ceiling covering, which is a British invention, is constructed rather on the lines of the suits worn by airmen in very cold weather or when they contemplate ascents to great heights. Into the fabric of which this clothing is made is woven a network of fine wires through which an electric current is passed. The current heats the wires and warms the wearer. These new wall and ceiling papers are constructed of thin insulating material in which wires are embedded in such a way that they are invisible. By connecting the wires to the electric mains the walls and ceiling can be made to give out a gentle and pleasant heat.--London Tit-Bits.