Note 12 — Chapter XVIII · ELECTRICITY APPLIED TO NAVIGATION (A FORECAST)
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A heater devised by Mr. E. G. Rivers, chief electrical engineer to the Office of Works, brings the problem of electric heating for domestic purposes well within the bounds of practical utility. It renders possible the employment of electricity for heating buildings, for cooking, and for other uses in a manner hitherto impossible. Mr. Rivers is engaged in developing his invention in the direction of applying it to cooking-ranges, and expects very shortly to adapt it to that use.