Domestic engineering; Home economics; Home economics -- Equipment and supplies; Household appliances
22. Purpose of oil stoves. 23. Mechanical parts of kerosene stove.
24. The burner. 25. The chimney. 26. Lighting the stove. 27.
Management of the flame. 28. Adjustment and care of the stove.
29. When the stoves gives trouble. 30. Construction of gasoline
stoves. 31. To light the stove. 32. Filling the gasoline stove.
33. When a burner blazes and cannot be controlled. 34. Changing
fuel in vapor stoves. 35. Operation of vapor stoves.
CHAPTER IV. ELECTRIC STOVES 42
36. Heating unit of electric stove. 37. Wiring of stoves. 38.
Operation of electric stoves. 39. Care of electric stoves. 40.
Utensils for electric stoves. 41. Detachable cooking devices.
CHAPTER V. ALCOHOL, ACETYLENE, AND CANNED HEAT 47
42. Alcohol stoves. 43. Vapor stoves. 44. Wickless stoves. 45.
Canned heat. 46. Acetylene gas stoves.
CHAPTER VI. FIRELESS AND STEAM COOKERS 50
47. The fireless cooker. 48. The stones of fireless cookers. 49.
Heating the stones. 50. Care of the cooker. 51. Other devices
belonging to cookers. 52. Directions for using the cooker. 53.
Time of cooking food. 54. Gas cookers. 55. Steam cookers.
PART II. HEATING DEVICES
CHAPTER VII. WARM-AIR FURNACES 57
56. Principle upon which a furnace works. 57. The stove part.
58. The cold-air shaft. 59. Hot-air pipes. 60. Location of the
furnace. 61. Air. 62. Pipeless furnaces.
CHAPTER VIII. HOT-WATER SYSTEM OF HEATING 64
63. Equipment for hot-water heat. 64. Heating unit. 65. The
management of the fire. 66. The pipes. 67. Expansion tank.
68. Water. 69. Radiators.
CHAPTER IX. STEAM-HEATING SYSTEMS 69
70. Equipment for steam heat. 71. Steam gages. 72. Safety
valve.
CHAPTER X. FIREPLACES AND HEATING STOVES 74
73. Construction of fireplace. 74. Management of fireplace.
75. Operating heating stoves. 76. Care of the stove.
CHAPTER XI. GAS, ELECTRIC AND KEROSENE HEATERS 77
77. Kinds of gas heaters. 78. Bunsen burner and asbestos-back
heater. 79. Lighting gas stoves. 80. Care of gas stoves.
81. Illuminating flame and bright metal reflector heaters.
82. Gas radiator heaters. 83. Management of gas radiator.
84. Kerosene heaters. 85. Electric heaters. 86. Acetylene heaters.
PART III. LIGHTING DEVICES
CHAPTER XII. ELECTRIC LIGHTS 82
87. Kinds of electric lamps in use. 88. Electrical measurements.
89. Carbon lamps. 90. Mazda or tungsten lamps. 91. Selecting
lamps for a room. 92. Effect of color schemes upon illumination.
93. Distribution of light.
CHAPTER XIII. GAS LIGHT 88
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