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Title: Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961 Lyman, Clara Brown
Subjects: Interior decoration Furniture House furnishings
Publisher: Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Page & Co
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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, is to concentrate the heat still more closely on thebottoms of the saucepan or boiler. Special care has been bestowed on the ovensthat go with these stoves. Both the large and small sizes have ventilating openings 147 which allow the entire volume oflieated air delivered by the burnersto pass freely through. Thus thereis nothing to interrupt the constantsupply of heat from the burner, andthis freedom in the inflow greatlyincreases the heat in the oven. Atthe same time all the moisture andsteam from the baking substanceare carried quickly away antl theoven is kejjt dry as well as hot.Such an oven is not a steamei-, buta baker in the true sense of theword, and every practical housewifewill be quick to appreciate hownmch this means. Bread or cake,l)ecausel)aked with a dry heat, havea crust of closer fibre, which retainsthe moisture in the loaf and keepsit fresh longer. These ovens alsoare made with glass doors—a cleverand convenient arrangement thatallows the housewife to observe the
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The oil lauliTD iy uttcii a D(.■CL^^silJ . An oil lamp is pleasant to read b>. progress of the baking without in-terrupting her other work to openthe door and allow heat to escape.The cabinet top of certainstoves is also a great convenience.There is a commodious top shelf onwhich plates and food can be keptwarm, antl towel racks at either end.A little lower there are two dropshelves for pots or pans. These canbe folded back when not in use. Sad-iron heaters are furnished with thesestoves, consisting of iron plates fit-ting over the grates. While designedesjxcially for sadiron heating, theyare very valuable for all kinds ofcooking where a well - distributedheat is desired—^jiarticularly whenusing ^essels with a small base.There are also specially designedbroilers and toasters particidarlyadapted for oil stoves, and thesegive excellent results in ct)oking. 148 There still remains inucli to be said as to their detailed advantages. One ofthe chief of these is the convenience and ec

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