The following is a list of companies furnishing illustrations, data and other information: American Blower Company. American Ironing Machine Co. American Lava Co. American Radiator Co. American Stove Co. Automatic Electric Washer Co. Baltimore Gas Appliance Co. Bates & Edmonds Motor Co. Bissel's Carpet Sweeper Co. Blake Mfg. Co. C. Brown Mfg. Co. B. Bryan Co. Central Construction & Supply Co. Central Oil & Gas Stove Co. Chambers Fireless Cooker Stove Co. Geo. M. Clark & Co. Cleveland Metal Products Co. Coleman Lamp Co. Consolidated Gas, Electric Light and Power Co. Cyphers Incubator Co. Dangler Stove Co. Davis Acetylene Co. The DeLaval Separator Co. Delco Motor Co. The Deming Co. Detroit Heating & Lighting Co. Detroit Stove Works. Detroit Vapor Stove Co. A. B. Dick Co. W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. The Durham Mfg. Co. Eagle Generator Co. Fuller, Warren & Co. General Electric Co. Hammond Typewriter Co. Hart & Crouse Co. Herrick Refrigerator Co. Huenfield Co. Humphrey Co. Hurley Machine Co. Kalamazoo Stove Co. Kewanee Water Supply Co. Klau-Van Pietersom-Dunlap. Landers, Frary, Clark & Co. Laundryette Mfg. Co. Manning, Bowman & Co. Mantle Lamp Co. of America. H. G. McFadden & Co. The Monitor Stove Co. National Electric Supply Co. Northwestern Steel & Iron Works. Pacific Flush Tank Co. Potomac Power & Lighting Co. Rathbone, Sard & Co. Reliable Stove Co. Remnert Mfg. Co. Rhinelander Refrigerator Co. Ringen Stove Co. Rochester Rotary Washer Co. Rochester Stamping Co. Sears, Roebuck & Co. Sharples Separator Co. Singer Sewing Machine Co. L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriting Company. Standard Oil Co. Edward L. Stock. Thatcher Furnace Co. The Torrington Co. Toledo Cooker Co. Trenton Potteries Co. United Electric Co. United Pump & Power Co. United States Dept. of Agriculture. United States Radiator Co. Voss Bros. Mfg. Co. Walker Bros. Co. Welsbach Co. Western Electric Co. White Frost Refrigerator Co. White Mop and Wringer Co. Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co. The Yale & Towne Mfg. Co. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I. COOKING STOVES CHAPTER I. WOOD AND COAL STOVES 15 1. Air supply of fire. 2. The grate. 3. Drafts or dampers. 4. Starting the fire. 5. Keeping a fire. 6. Heating the oven. 7. Ashes. 8. Ash chutes. CHAPTER II. GAS STOVES 23 9. Burners. 10. Simmerers. 11. Air mixer. 12. Regulating the gas. 13. Lighting the stove. 14. Cleaning the stove. 15. Accidents with gas stove. 16. Pilot light. 17. Pilot for top burners. 18. Gas-stove lighter. 19. Amount of gas used. 20. Cold-process gasoline gas stoves. 21. Acetylene stoves. CHAPTER III. OIL STOVES 31