Electric Cooking, Heating, Cleaning, Etc; being a manual of electricity in the service of the home

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Author(s) Lancaster, M, & E W Lancaster (ed)
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1914
Pages 371pp; illus
Publisher Constable
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Product literature

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Wide ranging account but much on cooking and heating appliance design and application. Includes description of the products of Benham & Sons; Jackson Electric Stove Co, London; Electric & Ordinance Accessories Co, Birmingham; Carron Co, Falkirk; General Electric Co Ltd [of UK]; Simplex Electric Heating co; British Prometheus Co; Falkirk Iron Co; Purcell & Nobb; Dowsing Radiant; Heat Co Ltd, London; Credenda Conduits Ltd, London. Accounts of application of large scale cooking appliances include Romano's Restaurant, London; Tricity House Restaurant, Oxford Street, London; Old Ship Hotel, Brighton; Debenham & Freebody, department store, London; B&K restaurant, Earls Court, London; Stanley Hotel; Bank of England [very brief]