Electricity : lighting, heating, cooking and power : Smoke Abatement Exhibition, 1910.

Date:
1910
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Credit: Electricity : lighting, heating, cooking and power : Smoke Abatement Exhibition, 1910. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Electricity means Cleanliness. STAND No. I. IN order to demonstrate the possibilities of electricity, a house of three rooms, together with kitchen, laundry, and bathroom has been fitted up, all the lighting, heating, cooking, and cleaning being done by means of electric appliances. 'There are no fireplaces or chimneys in any part of the house. The circulation of the air is effected by an electrical S5'stem of ventilation, whereby a constant supply of fresh air is introduced into each of the rooms separatel3^ The whole exhibit shows that house lighting, heating, cooking, and all other domestic processes can be carried out effectively without polluting the air or heating it unless where heat is desired. An Information Bureau is situated in close proximity to the Electric House, where the representatives of the Electricity Department will alwa5^s be at the service of visitors to the Exhibition. Advice as to how a satis- factory supply of electricity ma}^ be obtained, along with prices and particulars of all kinds of electrical apparatus, will be gladly given. The furnishings and decorations have been designed and carried out by Messrs. A. Gardner & Sons, 36 Jamaica Street. The Electrical appliances and fittings have been kindly lent by Messrs. The Simplex Conduits Co., The General Electric Co., and The British Thomson-Houston Co. The Glover-Lyon system of Ventilation is installed. The Ventilating Fans installed through- out the Buildings are lent by Messrs. Matthews & Yates and Messrs. Keith, Blackman & Co. The Entrance Hall is indicated by an illuminated sign, “ Electric House,” Attention is drawn to the artistic lantern in the vestibule, also the holoplrane glass fitting in the hall, a 50 c.p. metal filament lamp being the source of light. It s-hould be noted that the diffusion of the light through holophane glass is veiy pleasing to the eye. A convector, consuming from a half to one unit of current per hour, is ample to heat this area. Electricity Department is at