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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1905 



Hinges 



Jamb Hinge 



For Double Acting Doors in Public Buildings, Residences, etc. 



The New Idea Jamb Hinge has a center fixed pintle which keeps the door 

 from sagging and violent oscillation — the only Spring Hinge Specified by 

 the United States Government in the Capitol Building, White House, 

 Military Academies, Army Barracks, etc. because it possesses more points 

 of merit than any other. 



New Idea Floor Hinge 



has ball bearings and is of best mechan- 

 ical construction, including means for 

 adjusting spring without removing the 

 door. The most perfect floor 

 hinge made. Catalog free. 



The Stover Mf£ Co. 



137 River St., f 

 Freeport, HI., U.S.A. 



H^rite for our 1905 Catalog 



and learn 

 the art of making 

 the BEST 

 Cement Stone. 



Brady Cement Stone Machine Co, 



425 N. Jackson Street, Jackson, Mich. 



Corner Post 

 No. 13. 







Coulson Patent 

 Corner Posts 



and TRflflSOfll 



U. S. Patent, Fehruarv 13, 1900. 

 U. S. Patent, November 19, l'JOl. 



Canada Patent. March 19. 1900. 

 U. S. Patent, April 15, 1902. 



OTHER PATENTS PENDING. 



are being 

 specified by 

 tbe leading 

 a ichitects 

 throughout 

 the country. 



For New or 

 Remodeled 

 Store 

 ronts. 



Greatest strength 

 for holding large 

 plate glass 

 safely, with tbe 

 least obstruction to 

 the light, glass 

 being set from the 

 outside. 



Write for Descriptive 

 Catalogue D soo. 



J. W. COULSON (SL CO., Coltimbtis, Ohio. 



by hot air pipes or where additional heat is 

 required. The heater is made by using a 

 water ring and bell placed in the combustion 

 chamber of the celebrated " Thatcher Tub- 

 ular " furnace. This ring is connected with 

 three one and one-half inch pipes to the iron 

 bell in the dome, which supplies the system 

 with hot water; the return is brought back, 

 into the water ring, making a continuous cir- 

 cuit. The " Tubular " furnace — portable 

 and brick-set — has important features which 

 none others possess. No complicated or con- 

 cealed flues that fill up with ashes and soot 

 are used in the construction. It is practically 

 self-cleaning, and owing to its tubular build, 

 which creates a rapid circulation, carries away 

 the heat as fast as made, not allowing the air 

 to become burned or overheated. From the 

 sanitary standard it is unsurpassed, the flow 

 of pure warm air being rapid and absolutely 

 gas-tight. Many new designs, sizes and valu- 

 able improvements have been added to the 

 line of ranges and laundry stores. The 

 " Thatcher " range is beautiful in simplicity 

 of lines, correct proportions and smooth finish. 

 The facilities are perfect for cooking, roasting 

 and baking. The ovens are large and well 

 ventilated, allowing complete circulation of 

 air, with an equal amount of heat on all sides ; 

 also sifting grates, ash pan and water-back of 

 ample capacity, patent oven door opener, and 

 triangular revolving grate, removable through 

 the fire door opening without disturbing the 

 fire lining or water-back. They consist or 

 the double oven and single oven portable, 

 double oven brick set, French steel, French 

 steel double oven and French steel single oven 

 ranges. The " Active " laundry stove is spe- 

 cially adapted for use in hotels, apartments and 

 small families; the " Stirling" for use in ho- 

 tels; institutions, apartment houses, etc. The 

 firm makes column radiators for steam and 

 hot water use ; the window radiator ; steam 

 radiator valves; quick opening, male union, 

 hot water radiator valves; automatic air 

 valves; expansion and storage tanks; adjust- 

 able floor and ceiling plates; altitude and 

 steam gages, and hot water thermometers. 

 Bronze powders and liquids also form a val- 

 uable contribution to the output. Send for 

 catalogues; the one on furnaces contains 

 the 'Miller" patent ventilating system 

 thoroughly described and practically illus- 

 trated. 



THE MATERIALS FOR FIRE 

 EXTINGUISHING 



TWO elements are essential for the extin- 

 guishing of fires: men and apparatus. 

 Both are so closely and so essentially 

 related to one another that superiority in one 

 will not offset inferiority in the other. Both 

 must be maintained at the highest point of 

 efficiency, or the value received from the total 

 expenditure will be very much less than should 

 rightly be obtained. It is a noteworthy fact 

 that, with the creation of public service fire 

 departments in our cities and towns, the effi- 

 ciency of our fire fighters and the effectiveness 

 of the fire apparatus have very greatly in- 

 creased. This, of course, is a broad generaliza- 

 tion, for the fire departments of many cities 

 are still quite inadequate for the work they 

 have to do. This much the tax payer may be 

 satisfied with: that the price paid for efficient 

 protection against fire can never be too high. 

 Unwarranted extravagance is to be avoided, 

 here as in all public and private expenditures, 

 but liberal treatment is needed here, and liberal 

 sums, wisely expended in keeping men and ap- 

 paratus at their best, is a true and safe 

 economy. 



