Stoves
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Examples
- Inured now for so long a time to rooms with bare boards, black benchesdesks, and stoves, the blue saloon seemed to me gorgeous. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Stoves of this character are as efficient and economical as coal stoves, and are in great demand, especially where coal and wood are scarce and high-priced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He dwells upon the pleasure of an open fire, and the destruction of this pleasure by the use of the closed stoves. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Oil, Vapour, and Gas Stoves, their Construction and Operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Of course stoves, generically speaking, are not a production of the nineteenth century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In heating appliances, steam and water heating systems, base burning and Latrobe stoves, hot air furnaces, gas and oil stoves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In his description of this stove at that time Franklin also referred to the iron box stoves used by the Dutch, the iron plates extending from the hearths and sides, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hot coals, red-hot stoves, gas flames, and candles shine by their own light, and are self-luminous. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He also made very beautiful tiles to overlay walls, stoves, and floors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The labor involved in the care of numerous stoves is considerable, and hence the advent of a central heating stove, or furnace, was a great saving in strength and fuel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This disc stove was first made in single heat, but the later improved stoves of this same type are made in three-heat style. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The stove _S_, like all other stoves, has an inlet for air and an outlet _C_ for smoke; but in addition, it has built around it a chamber in which air circulates and is warmed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Large furnace has six stoves 100 feet high by 22 feet in diameter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Four furnaces provided with fire-brick regenerator stoves 100 feet high and 18 feet in diameter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The earthenware and soapstone stoves of continental Europe were used long before the present century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The current sent through our electric stoves and irons should be strong enough to heat the coils, but not strong enough to melt them. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There is no vitiated, foul air because of noxious gases from ordinary cooking stoves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As wickless oil stoves are now in successful use the wickless lamp may be expected to follow. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Many improvements have been made on the disc stoves and they are sold not only as single, but as double or twin, and triple discs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To the physician electric stoves are valuable, since his instruments can be sterilized in water heated by the stove; and that without fuel or odor of gas. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The possibilities for the latter are especially limited, and the invention of stoves was a great advance in efficiency, economy, and comfort. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We have already mentioned how an electrical engineer, shortly after placing irons in the homes of his customers, followed them with a number of small stoves and ovens. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One great disadvantage of oil lamps and oil stoves is that they cannot be carried safely from place to place. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Stoves have been invented especially designed for the economical consumption of such fuel. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- About one hundred electric cooking sets were manufactured, consisting of ovens and crude round stoves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The greatly-increased facility of kindling a fire by matches gave an impetus to the invention of _cooking and heating stoves_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They have electric stoves in their rooms. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Let us suppose that you are operating one of the small disc stoves and that the stove will carry 600 watts of current. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These openings are visible on all gas stoves, and should be kept clean and free of clogging, in order to insure complete combustion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Inventors therefore contrived to separate the oil reservoir and wick part when the lamp or stove were not in use; and finally, in stoves, to dispense with the wick altogether. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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