This month's edition of PM is unlike any we've ever published. Missing from it are our popular regular columnists. Also missing from this month's issue is the normal mix of feature articles about PHC firms and industry affairs. All of these will return next month.
By definition, news can't wait. So we have produced a section called "Contemporary News" containing up-to-date news from around the PHC industry.
Otherwise, we have devoted most of this month's editorial content to a reproduction of our "History of Plumbing" series, published every year since 1986. This is in response to continuing demand from our readers for reprints.
Years ago we reprinted thousands of copies of Parts 1-4, covering the first four years of the series. They sold out, however, and we never did get around to reprinting any of Parts 5-7, until now. This issue contains edited highlights from all previous seven years worth of PM's "History of Plumbing" series, plus:
- An entirely new Part 8, titled "The Industry In Its Heyday."
- "Thomas Crapper - Myth & Reality" - An update on the man whose role in plumbing history has been the subject of confusion and mirth. This article follows up on coverage about Thomas Crapper that appeared in the PM's 1986 and 1988 "History of Plumbing" editions.
- "Greatest Plumbing & Heating Inventions (Prior To 1975)" - This section was initiated three years ago as part of our "History of Plumbing" package. In this issue we reproduce all the items that appeared in the 1991 and 1992 versions, melded with more than a dozen new entries.
Some of you are in the habit of saving back issues of PM, while others discard them. Considering the value of this special edition, I urge all of you to hang on to this copy. It is destined to be a collector's item.
This month's edition of PM is unlike any we've ever published. Missing from it are our popular regular columnists. Also missing from this month's issue is the normal mix of feature articles about PHC firms and industry affairs. All of these will return next month.
By definition, news can't wait. So we have produced a section called "Contemporary News" containing up-to-date news from around the PHC industry.
Otherwise, we have devoted most of this month's editorial content to a reproduction of our "History of Plumbing" series, published every year since 1986. This is in response to continuing demand from our readers for reprints.
Years ago we reprinted thousands of copies of Parts 1-4, covering the first four years of the series. They sold out, however, and we never did get around to reprinting any of Parts 5-7, until now. This issue contains edited highlights from all previous seven years worth of PM's "History of Plumbing" series, plus:
- An entirely new Part 8, titled "The Industry In Its Heyday."
- "Thomas Crapper - Myth & Reality" - An update on the man whose role in plumbing history has been the subject of confusion and mirth. This article follows up on coverage about Thomas Crapper that appeared in the PM's 1986 and 1988 "History of Plumbing" editions.
- "Greatest Plumbing & Heating Inventions (Prior To 1975)" - This section was initiated three years ago as part of our "History of Plumbing" package. In this issue we reproduce all the items that appeared in the 1991 and 1992 versions, melded with more than a dozen new entries.
Some of you are in the habit of saving back issues of PM, while others discard them. Considering the value of this special edition, I urge all of you to hang on to this copy. It is destined to be a collector's item.
