Angier March Perkins

Angier March Perkins (21 August 1799 – 22 April 1881) was an American engineer who worked most of his career in the United Kingdom and was instrumental in developing the new technologies of central heating.

[1] Angier March eventually took charge of his father's business but in 1828 launched his own heating and steam engineering enterprise.

His first steam heating system was installed in 1832 in the home of Governor of the Bank of England John Horley Palmer so that the owner could grow grapes.

Angier March's business prospered and he moved to larger premises, sharing an office with his father who, though still inventive, enjoyed less commercial success.

His high-pressure steam technology proved to have other uses, including a mobile baker's oven for the British Army.