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HEATING OUR HOMES 



The top burners have a tube at the base, in which are 

 openings for the entrance of air. The air mixes with 

 gas entering the tube, and the mixed gases are passed 

 through small holes in the burner ring, and burned. 

 This burning should take place with a blue flame. If too 

 little air is admitted, the flame will be yellow, and soot will 

 collect on the cooking utensils. The burner should be 

 kept clean, for dirt clogging the air mixer will cause smoke. 

 The burner can be taken off and 

 boiled in water containing washing 

 soda, and small particles of dirt re- 

 moved by picking out with a fine 

 needle or wire. When lighting the 

 oven one should be careful first to 

 open the oven door, light the pilot 

 flame, and then turn on the gas. 

 A gas stove should have a stove 

 pipe to carry off the gases into the 

 chimney flue. 



The hot-water supply. Hot 

 water has become almost a neces- 

 sity in houses, in the country as 

 well as in the city. The hot-water 

 supply for household purposes is 

 obtained by the use of the hot- 

 water storage tank connected to 

 the coal range or independent 

 Hot-water supply. heater. In the range the water 



is heated by means of a pipe passing close to the fire box, 

 and then running to the boiler. In addition a gas stack 

 is often attached to the tank. In this the gas flame 

 heats a coil containing cold water, the rapidly heated 



