Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 83
but in recentyears steam or hot water is sent out throughthe pipes to radiators, which are simply secon- dary stoves set up in convenient places and ata distance from the source of the heat, thefurnace in the cellar. Furnaces were inventedfor the purpose of heating large buildings, butthey are now… … FIG. 7.—AN OLD-FASHIONED FIREPLACE AND OVEN. is meant. Pass a slight current of electricitythrough a piece of platinum wire, and the plati-num becomes hot. You have made a diminu-tive electric stove. Increase the strength of yourcurrent and pass it through something whichoffers greater resistance…
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