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He returned to the label world with stints at Elektra/Asylum and Casblanca but pivoted to management, incubating a proto-punk scene that would yield influential L.A. acts like the Cramps, the Blasters and the Heaters.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

Heaters can be imbedded in a patio wall or freestanding.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022

Heaters are required to keep instruments at proper operating temperatures, and spacecraft must have radio transmitters powerful enough to send their data to receivers on distant Earth.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Heaters were cranked up in the dugout, the bullpen and even the bat rack so that hitters would not feel as if they were swinging frozen clubs.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2016

A world of mechanical contrivances have been invented:—Octnometers, Baths, Burnishing tools, Cameras and Camera stands, Magazine and Roll holders; Dark rooms and Focussing devices, Heaters and Driers; Exposure Meters, etc. etc.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry