. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. with gas for three not much difference at thoseprices but of course few cities are asfortunate as Kansas City in havingelectricity at three cents per kilowatthour. Twice that is common, yet even ata higher rate many people will prefer tocook with electricity. LORD KELVIN AT CAMBRIDGE Lord Kelvin entered Cambridge whenhe was just seventeen years of age butwas well prepared to enter the greatuniversity. It is amusing to read someof the inquiries of the great philosopherin his first letter to his sister after settlingdown in his roo
. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. with gas for three not much difference at thoseprices but of course few cities are asfortunate as Kansas City in havingelectricity at three cents per kilowatthour. Twice that is common, yet even ata higher rate many people will prefer tocook with electricity. LORD KELVIN AT CAMBRIDGE Lord Kelvin entered Cambridge whenhe was just seventeen years of age butwas well prepared to enter the greatuniversity. It is amusing to read someof the inquiries of the great philosopherin his first letter to his sister after settlingdown in his rooms at Cambridge. Heasked if when making coffee, he shouldput the coffee in before or after the wateris boiling and also whether he shouldkeep it boiling after the water is put in. POPULAR ELECTRICITY and the WORLDS ADVANCE 1339 ELECTRIC FOOT WARMER RUG If you would live long, keep your headcool and your feet warm. Here is anelectric foot wanner rug that will helpyou to do this. It is the very thing for anelectric automobile on chilly Foot Warmer Rug It is heated from the batteries in the carthat average 80 volts but it can be madefor any voltage. This foot warmer rug is a warm floorcovering in the shape of a Wilton carpetrug, 15 by 27 inches and is neatly boundaround the edge. In the home it may beconnected to any lamp socket and heatedto a suitable temperature for the benefitof elderly people. It may be used anyplace where there is a possibility of coldfeet, in the home, office, on board ship orwherever there is electric current avail-able. The current required will costabout one cent per hour. NUTRITIVE VALUE OF FOODS Foods owe their value to their efficiencyin supplying warmth to the body, energyand the necessary material for buildingup the different parts of the body duringthe period of growth, and for replacingthose portions which are destroyed in theprocess of living. They are also valuedbecause of their power to appeal to theappetite and of their adaptability
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