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 thegas. 13. Lighting the stove. 14. Cleaning the stove. 15. Accidentswith gas stove. 16. Pilot light. 17. Pilot for top burners.18. Gas-stove lighter. 19. Amount of gas used. 20. Cold-processgasoline gas stoves. 21. Acetylene stoves. | |
| Chapter III. Oil Stoves | [31] |
| 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 gasolinestoves. 31. To light the stove. 32. Filling the gasoline stove.33. When a burner blazes and cannot be controlled. 34. Changingfuel 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 devicesbelonging 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 thefurnace. 61. Air. 62. Pipeless furnaces. | |
| Chapter VIII. Hot-water System of Heating | [64] |
| 63. Equipment for hot-water heat. 64. Heating unit. 65. Themanagement 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-backheater. 79. Lighting gas stoves. 80. Care of gas stoves. 81. Illuminatingflame and bright metal reflector heaters. 82. Gas radiatorheaters. 83. Management of gas radiator. 84. Keroseneheaters. 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. Selectinglamps for a room. 92. Effect of color schemes upon illumination.93. Distribution of light. | |
| Chapter XIII. Gas Light | [88] |
| 94. Construction of mantles. 95. Care of mantles. 96. Fixturesfor burning gas. 97. Adjustment. 98. Care of lamps. 99. Lightinga gas light. 100. Cold-process gasoline gas. 101. Acetylenelamps. 102. Care of burners of acetylene lamps. | |
| Chapter XIV. Kerosene Lamps | [93] |
| 103. Construction of kerosene lamps. 104. Management of kerosenelamps. 105. Lighting a kerosene lamp. 106. To extinguisha lamp. 107. Care of lamps. 108. Kerosene mantle lamps. | |
| Chapter XV. Alcohol and Gasoline Lamps | [96] |
| 109. Classification of lamps. 110. Gravity lamps. 111. Lightingthe gravity lamp. 112. Pressure lamps. 113. Gasoline lampswith wicks. 114. Alcohol lamps with wicks. 115. Lighting alcoholor gasoline lamps. |
PART IV. COOLING DEVICES
| Chapter XVI. Refrigerators | [100] |
| 116. Principles of refrigeration. 117. The construction of refrigerators.118. Lining refrigerators. 119. Insulation of refrigerators.120. Circulation in refrigerators. 121. Drip from meltingice. 122. Arrangement of food in the ice box. 123. Filling andcare of the ice box. | |
| Chapter XVII. Iceless Refrigerators; Water Coolers | [105] |
| 124. Comparative efficiency of iceless refrigerators. 125. Icelessrefrigerator. 126. Small cooler. 127. Covered pail. 128. Unglazedearthenware. 129. Cooling with running water. 130. Refrigeratingplants. 131. Water coolers. 132. Care of water coolers. | |
| Chapter XVIII. Fans and Ventilators | [110] |
| 133. Selecting a fan. 134. The construction of the fan in commonuse. 135. Ventilator. |
PART V. WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL