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The main value of the book to us lies in its value to others and while it is issued primarily as a piece of advertising literature most of the matter relating to the Heine Boiler has been grouped in the back pages.
St. Louis, January 1, 1912.o H E L I O S Source of All Power/ Fountain of Light and Warmth/ Adored by the ancient husbandman as the God who blessed his labors with a harvest of golden grain; revered by the early sage as the great visible means of the divine creative force; pictured by the inspired artist as the tireless charioteer who drives his four fiery steeds daily across the heavens, his head circled by a crown of rays, his chariot wheel the disk of the sun itself.
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