Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-13

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hot dish water, and you recall how
quickly an aluminium saueepan be-
comes hot all over when set above
the fire. Both of these metals are
good conductors of heat Iron Is also
a fair conductor of heat. Asbestos is
valuable for the contrary reason, be-
cause 1t Is non conductor of heat
A second quality of asbestos that
fits it for household use is that 1t IL
not combustible. 1t looks as il IL
would burn in a blaze. but ii does nos.
Suppose you have a fire and n thing
that you wish to keep from burning.
Separate them with asbestos.
The housekeeper can lay q sheet Of
asbestos over gas burner and place a
kettle Of jam upon it. The heat will
| be SO modified as to lessen the oppor-
| tunity for the searching of the food.
Ii Hte bread in the oven is in danger OF
burning, black upon the bottom the
cock can slip sheet of asbestos be-
meath the pan. If the heat is too in
tense above the loaf the protector is
laid over it, The modern freless cooker
designed to hold heat within a box.
may be lined with sheet asbestos to
resist the escape of the heat from the
| inclosed buckets of hot food.
Baking day does not rnonopolize the
asbestos, for Tuesday sees an asbes-
tos iron rest to protect the cover of
the ironing board from scorchins. An
| ingenious housekeeper covered a slarge
pan with asbestos, attached a handle
| to what had been the bottom and In
verted il over the irons being heated
upon the gas stove. The result was
| that less gas was required. for all of
| its heat was conserved for the irons
and not wasted in heating the Kitchen.
The style of dat irons with removable
| handles depends for It's special efilcien-
cY upon asbestos Innings for the de-
| tachable outer shell.
The housekeeper may place round as
bestas mats upon the dining table un-
der the hot serving dishes to protect
| the polished table top beneath from
being marred by heat. Better still.
says the New York Tribune, she can
| buy or make a large sheet of ashes
| tos to lay beneath the table cloth.
| These can be purchased made ito order
to 1T the table exactly. Their cost
| is several dollars. varying with the size
| and with the quality Of the binding
and covering. Sheet asbestos can be
| ha6 chearly at the hardware stores.
| and clever and economical house
| keeper can contrive n-conducyitg
| silence cloth for herself
AS matter of fire protection as
| hestos is Invaluable. Tackled to the
| ceiling above the furnace, it guards
| the floor above from overheating or
igniting should the furnace become
defective. Where coal heating stoves
and ranges are used and must be set
| near 4 wall 1t is best to have an as
bestos covered board set behind them.
When a stovepipe passes through a
ceiling to warm a bedroom above Ga
common thing in old fashioned houses)
a sheeting OF asbestos should encircle
| il wherever 1t would touch c0mbus-
tible surfaces.
If Won have a hot air furnace the
plumber will probably paste one thin
LAYER of asbestos arQnInd the pipes to
conserve their heat. A thick layer OF
two separate layers will prevent heat
wasting even more efficiently.
One thrifty honsehalder. who is chary
of all unnecessary exnense. pasted as
/ bSseos StAtSNtV <tt1 wv fetS AeNS0sDC -
his furnace proper. He had never seen
this 5oEe before. yet tried the expert
ment. and reports enthusiastically that
the saving in his coal bills OF one year
made 1t worth while. Formerly he mad
been wasting heat upon the cellar air..
A mar who followed his example had
the asbestos hound to the furnace CYL
Under with wire hoops instead o. pasta.
Another valuable place to paste HS-
testos Is over the hot water tank. Wa
ter can thus be kept al a higher tesn-
perature. 1t Is NEST sergicezhles IN
seasons of the year when the futhace
is not needed to warm the house. - n
hot fire of kindlng wood in the fur
mace In the morning will heat q tank
fnl Of water, For the entire day the
water will keep warm. as the thicisa as
bestos coating VIII serve TO keep the
heat already generated When one
has n gas heater for water in the
summer the water. once warmed, can
he kept at good temperature without
further lighting of the burners during
the day.-Christian Herald tf