[A]. In studying the economic gain from using, instead of a dumb-waiter, a wheel-table or truck (provided of course one has the use of an elevator) it seems to me that the greatest saving is in the matter of steps, both in carrying and taking articles to and from a dumb-waiter. A wheel-table can be rolled from point to point till everything has been placed upon it. Food needing to be served hot has only to be put in the dishes that are waiting for it, and the whole process to my idea gives better satisfaction than the use of the dumb-waiter, except insofar as the latter will always be convenient for economy of time under certain circumstances too obvious to describe.
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| reference | correction | original text |
|---|---|---|
| [15.12] | dining-room | bedrooms, diningroom, kitchens, |
| [26.1] | dining-room | diningroom. Going through the hall |
| [28.8] | dining-room | we had reached the diningroom |
| [28.21] | dining-rooms | both our diningrooms. |
| [36.7] | Samothrace | “Winged Victory of Samathrace” |
| [41.18] | dining-room | the tables in the diningroom |
| [53.26] | elliptical | on either side an eliptical |
| [61.1] | Lansing | a room near to Mr. Lansings’s |
| [67.11] | occupations | resulting from these occupapations |
| [80.5] | surprise | Much to my surpise |
| [83.11] | working-basis | serve as a working basis for |