ELECTRICAL KITCHEN OF A SMALL FLAT. ALL LIFTING AND STOOPING IS AVOIDED.
(The British Electric Transformer Co.)
The Coke Furnace.
Now, taking into account the fact that no water company has yet been sufficiently enterprising to provide a supply of hot water, I think the cheapest and most labour-saving method of warming houses and providing hot water is by means of a coke furnace or possibly two furnaces. These should heat all the radiators and supply all hot water. My personal experience of a coke furnace is that it needs but little attention, and that coke is light, clean, and easy to handle as compared with coal. These furnaces do, however, need some coal to light them. The procedure is as follows:—
PLATE XXXV
A DINING-ROOM HOT PLATE. (Messrs. Townshends, Ltd.)
PLATE XXXVa
THE "DREADNOUGHT" WASHING-UP MACHINE