ELECTRICITY IN THE LAUNDRY.
An interesting example of the displacing of steam by electricity is to be found in the up-to-date laundry. The electric motor is used to provide an individual drive for the various machines. The principal advantages of electricity over steam in this particular application lies in the fact that many of the machines are idle for a large part of the time, and the driving motor of such machines need only be consuming power when its services are required. In addition to this, greater variations of speed are possible with the electric motor, and the machine may be driven at exactly the speed desired. No overhead shafting or belts are used, thus doing away with the dust and dirt that accumulates in the steam laundry.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14518, 8 May 1913, Page 7
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128ELECTRICITY IN THE LAUNDRY. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14518, 8 May 1913, Page 7
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