146:(Solidified Spirit Pocket Stove). The name "ThePALS" is our registered trade mark. "ThePALS" Kettle or Pan rests is our registered design. – Solidified Spirit Pocket Stove for the "Pals" at the Front! – Far away the BEST STOVE Made. – Hot water and food quickly and easily prepared by using "THE PALS" COOKER! Superior quality. Clean and powerful. A new design. Compact and handy. A welcome gift. – "The composition of this solid spirit is a new and exclusive preparation."—COMPLETE STOVE RETAILS at 1/- EACH. REFILLS RETAIL AT 1/- and 2/- PER TIN. – Sole Manufacturers: MATTHIAS JACKSON & SONS, Shepley Street Works, London Road, Manchester. (
113:"Tinned Heat' was a little round tin pocket stove, or 'Campaigner's Cooker'. Only 3½ inches in diameter and 1½ inches high, it contained solidified methylated spirits. It was deemed to be perfectly safe, quite practical and absolutely efficient; an ideal arrangement for a soldier's use in the trenches. If anything
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is made from ethanol, methanol, water and an amphoteric oxide gelling agent, plus a dye that gives it a characteristic pink color. Designed to be odorless, a 7 oz (200 g) can will burn for up to two hours. The methanol is added to denature the product, which essentially is intended to make
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Blackie, Shen Works, Tower Bridge Road, London, S.E., has taken over the manufacture of the "Little Kitchener" cooker. We have since received one of the stoves, which, as will be seen from Mr. Blackie's advertisement, consists of a tin of
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Small field tri-fold stove fuelled by solid fuel discs (similar to heximine fuel). A cylindrical tin container, an inscription reads; "SOLID FUEL COOKER (Stand, Disc & Tablets), INSTRUCTIONS INSIDE". The tin is black and measures 4.5 in (110 mm) high and 2.5 in (64 mm) in
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one before he leaves for the front. ...For preparing food out of doors it is perfection. – Used by the
British, Belgian and French Army in the Field, and the Red Cross Society. – Price, 1/- Refills, 2/- ADVANTAGES.—1. Wind does not blow it out. 2. Composition unaffected by weather or
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Trench Cooker—Blackie Brand Always Best—Jelled fuel "Blackie Brand" Patent Tommy Cooker that has seen use from the Sudan of the 1880s. – Sole
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solidified methylated spirit, with a trivet for supporting a small boiling-pot. At the present time these cooking-outfits are selling vigorously for sending out to soldiers on active service.(p.236) &
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6. If greater heat required, break tablet into two or more pieces and stand these upright on the disc. If less heat required, break off small piece and use instead of whole tablet.
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Folding tin stove fuelled by solid fuel tablets and retailed under the name "Anglo's Trench Fires". Contained in a card box with the slogan "A boon for dugouts, tents and trenches"
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whose earlier models acquired a reputation for bursting into flames when hit, due to improper ammunition storage, though no evidence appears to exist beyond anecdote
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3. Remove metal disc from this container and fix on stand immediately above hinge so that the three slots cut in the edge of disc lock firmly on legs of stand.
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