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Description: | This is an advertisement for John Wright and Son's gas stove. The earliest recorded use of gas for cooking was in 1802 when a Moravian chemical manufacturer Zachaus Winzler gave dinner parties at which the food was prepared on a cooker consisting of four burners and a small oven. However gas cooking did not become popular became popular until the 1880s when rental schemes were introduced so that people could afford to own their own stove. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Homes And Gardens Furniture Domestic Life Science And Technology People And Society Trade And Economics | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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