Lazy people invent all the best stuff. All the cool things in your life, cars, computers, tools, started when somebody said “this job sucks, there’s gotta be an easier way”.
Waring’s First Law of Maintenance:
“If you don’t fix it, it won’t ‘break again’”.
One of my grandfathers invented a cook stove for prospectors. The other patented railroad signals for work. Most of my attempts at cleverness have been disasters.
Denver Times, 1916 - 101 YEARS AGO!
Bell's stove is a novelty in that its chief fuel is gasoline. A gallong of "gas" will be sufficient for a two months' trip, according to the inventor. The stove is modeled after the ordinary reflector heater. The flame from the burner passes thru a series of air chambers, the heat circulating around the over and under the plates used for cooking.
Back of the reflecter, and designed to fill the vacancy, between the reflector and stove back, is a tank with a pump for pressure. There is a system of oils and screens, constituting Bell's invention, which requires no superheating to create the gas for the flame.
Many Fuels Possible
Alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, crude oil or natural or artificial gas can be used. Also it is possible to convey the gas from the stove to an ordinary Weisbach or other burner and make an illuminating light of any power.
It is claimed the stove will be a boon to the poor because of its economy in heating, baking and illuminating. But the inventor had chiefly in mind the outdoor man, and believes he has the perfect camp stove, light and easily packed, and selling at not more than $4. The chief problem of thousands of campers in the West has been the camp stove -- and this problem the veteran prospector seems to have solved.
Bell is a typical man of the open -- explorer, prospector, mining engineer and miner. He has done all forms of minng, and has a wonderful knowledge of minerology. For thirty-five years he has followed the lure of the mines and has nearly died of thirst in the desert and from exposure on the high peaks in winter.
Decorating the chair could very well be for practical purposes. Buying a tree every year to just throw away? Could buy a fake one but you have to store it for 11+ months. Real waste of space.
Washing your dishes while taking a bath doesn’t seem like a good idea though.
