The story of electricity by Munro John

Author:Munro, John. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Electricity
Publisher: New York
Published: 1913-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

ELECTRIC LIGHT AND HEAT.

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Cooking and heating by electricity are coming more and more into favour, owing to their clean-

Fig. 72.

Fig. 73.

liness and convenience. Kitchen ranges, including ovens and grills, entirely heated by the electric current, are finding their way into the best houses and hotels. Most of these are based on the principle of incandescence, the current heating a fine wire or other conductor of high resistance in passing through it. Figure 71 represents an electric kettle of this sort, which requires no outside fire to boil it, since the current flows through fine wires of platinum or some highly resisting metal embedded in fireproof insulating cement in its bottom. Figures 72 and 73 are a sauce-pan and a flat-iron heated

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