The Invention of 1870, Paine's Culinary Apparatus

Philadelphia, PA: Paine & Wells, 1870. General wear.. A single fold circular for Paine's Culinary Apparatus, a machine which cooked food via steam. Invented by Clinton J. Paine, the apparatus "cooked in TWO-THIRDS the time, with an outlay of half the labor and ONE-TENTH of the expense required in the use of an ordinary cook stove." The machine could be placed any where in the home, such as on the parlor table. Supposedly it was able to cook a meal at the cost of one cent of fuel, and as such would play for itself within sixty days. The front has an illustration of the machine, which features a container for the fuel, a tea pot shaped container to heat the water in and produce the steam, and a box in which the food cooked in. Single fold circular. Printed in blue ink. Measures 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" (folded),