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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  January, 
  1907 
  

  

  An 
  Electric 
  Broiler 
  Electric 
  Flatiron 
  

  

  A 
  Restaurant 
  Equipped 
  With 
  an 
  Electrical 
  Kitchen 
  

  

  The 
  Knife-polishing 
  Machine 
  

  

  Some 
  Novel 
  Uses 
  of 
  Electricity 
  

  

  |HE 
  increased 
  use 
  of 
  electricity 
  in 
  every 
  branch 
  

   of 
  industry 
  is 
  surprising 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  

   ardent 
  advocates 
  of 
  this 
  mysterious 
  form 
  of 
  

   energy. 
  Not 
  only 
  has 
  electricity 
  invaded 
  the 
  

   territories 
  occupied 
  by 
  all 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  

   energy, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  actually 
  created 
  new 
  fields 
  

   of 
  its 
  own. 
  This 
  is 
  particularly 
  marked 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  elec- 
  

   trical 
  invasion 
  of 
  our 
  homes, 
  where 
  labor-saving 
  devices 
  were 
  

   never 
  thought 
  of 
  until 
  electricity 
  showed 
  its 
  wonderful 
  adapt- 
  

   ability 
  to 
  all 
  classes 
  of 
  work. 
  Electric 
  light 
  had 
  scarcely 
  

   ceased 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  novelty 
  when 
  the 
  electric 
  fan 
  was 
  introduced 
  

   and 
  then 
  the 
  sewing 
  machine 
  motor. 
  In 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years 
  

   more 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  paid 
  to 
  electric 
  heating 
  devices. 
  In 
  

   the 
  nursery 
  and 
  sickroom 
  electric 
  milk 
  warmers 
  and 
  devices 
  

   for 
  heating 
  water 
  are 
  becoming 
  a 
  necessity, 
  while 
  the 
  easily 
  

  

  The 
  Electric 
  Hair-drying 
  Machine 
  

  

  regulated 
  electric 
  pad 
  threatens 
  to 
  entirely 
  displace 
  the 
  hot- 
  

   water 
  bag. 
  Quilts 
  and 
  comfortables 
  and 
  even 
  rugs 
  and 
  car- 
  

   pets 
  are 
  now 
  wired 
  for 
  electrical 
  heating. 
  These 
  are 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  to 
  the 
  ordinary 
  lighting 
  circuit 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  

   flexible 
  cords. 
  Their 
  advantages 
  for 
  the 
  nursery 
  or 
  for 
  any 
  

   bedroom 
  will 
  be 
  apparent. 
  Pictured 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  engravings 
  

  

  is 
  a 
  corner 
  in 
  an 
  electrically 
  equipped 
  bathroom. 
  On 
  the 
  

   washstand 
  is 
  a 
  water 
  heater 
  which 
  will 
  quickly 
  heat 
  enough 
  

   water 
  for 
  shaving. 
  At 
  the 
  right 
  is 
  a 
  massage 
  vibrator 
  which 
  

   is 
  portable 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  connected 
  to 
  any 
  lamp 
  socket. 
  The 
  

   device 
  is 
  simple 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  operated 
  by 
  any 
  one. 
  Be- 
  

   neath 
  the 
  bowl 
  is 
  an 
  electric 
  radiator. 
  Electrically 
  heated 
  

   curling 
  irons, 
  electric 
  cigar 
  lighters, 
  electric 
  chafing 
  dishes, 
  

   etc., 
  are 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  electrically 
  heated 
  devices 
  

   now 
  in 
  common 
  use. 
  Contrary 
  to 
  the 
  popular 
  impression 
  the 
  

   cost 
  of 
  electricity 
  for 
  operating 
  these 
  various 
  household 
  

   devices 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  great. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  not 
  only 
  shows 
  

   the 
  economy 
  of 
  electricity 
  but 
  also 
  gives 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  

   variety 
  of 
  uses 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  put. 
  

  

  Article 
  

  

  Period 
  of 
  

   Operation 
  

  

  Chafing 
  Dish 
  

  

  Pint 
  Baby 
  Milk 
  Warmer 
  and 
  Food 
  

  

  Heater 
  

  

  Quart 
  Food 
  Heater 
  

  

  Coffee 
  Percolator 
  

  

  Stove, 
  6 
  inch 
  

  

  " 
  8 
  inch 
  

  

  Broiler, 
  9 
  x 
  12 
  inch 
  .... 
  

   Curling 
  Iron 
  Heater 
  .... 
  

  

  Heating 
  Pad 
  

  

  Iron, 
  zy 
  2 
  lb 
  

  

  " 
  6 
  lb 
  

  

  Frying 
  Pan 
  (7 
  in. 
  diam.) 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Waffle 
  Iron 
  

  

  Tea 
  Kettle 
  

  

  Glue 
  Pot, 
  1 
  quart 
  

  

  Soldering 
  Iron, 
  2 
  lb 
  

  

  Doctor's 
  Sterilizer 
  

  

  Bathroom 
  Radiator 
  

  

  Cost 
  during 
  that 
  

  

  period 
  at 
  10 
  cts. 
  

  

  per 
  K. 
  W. 
  H. 
  

  

  20 
  m 
  

  

  nutes 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  i 
  i 
  

  

  6 
  

  

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  i 
  i 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  t 
  i 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  " 
  

  

  15 
  

  

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  ( 
  

  

  per 
  ] 
  

  

  lour 
  

  

  30 
  m 
  

  

  nutes 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  C 
  I 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  " 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  1 
  1 
  

  

  20 
  

  

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  30 
  

  

  ( 
  ( 
  

  

  30 
  

  

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  i 
  ( 
  

  

  iy 
  3 
  cts. 
  

  

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  ct. 
  

  

  % 
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  1 
  " 
  

  

  IX 
  cts. 
  

  

  2 
  " 
  

  

  3 
  " 
  

  

  IX 
  " 
  

  

  2% 
  " 
  

  

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  " 
  

  

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