<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://221/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Kevin, find a definition attempt on <a href="https://energypedia.info/wiki/Improved_Cookstoves_">https://energypedia.info/wiki/Improved_Cookstoves_</a>–_What_is_it_all_about%3F<div>it is a bit more specific than merriam-webster. </div><div>Would you agree with the following:<br><div><br></div><div><h1 style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; clear: both; font-size: 22px; line-height: 30px; font-family: arial, helvetica; text-align: left; "><span class="mw-headline" id="What_is_a_stove.3F">What is a stove?<br></span></h1><div style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; ">The term ‘stove’ refers to a device that generates heat from an energy carrier and makes that heat available for the intended use in a specific application. Cook stoves are made to transfer the generated heat to food, with the purpose to get it cooked and edible for human consumption. Thus ‘a stove’ features the <b>combination of heat generation and heat transfer</b> to a <u>cooking pot</u> if the food is cooked in a liquid, or a <u>griddle, plancha</u> etc. if the food is baked on a hot surface or roasted without liquid.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Am 30.04.2013 um 18:50 schrieb Kevin <<a href="mailto:kchisholm@ca.inter.net">kchisholm@ca.inter.net</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><font face="Arial">Dear List</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">Just what is a "stove?"</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">I would suggest that it is important that we all know what a "stove" is, when we attempt to determine the difference between a "good stove" and a "poor stove.'</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">When we ask Mr. Google, we get more than 7 million hits. However, the most common definitions seem to be typified by the one at</font></div><div><font face="Arial"> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stove">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stove</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial">" 1<span class="ssens"><em class="sn">a</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a portable or fixed apparatus that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat (as for cooking or heating)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>"</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">At<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a> , the stated purpose of the site is:</font></div><div><font face="Arial">"<font face="Times New Roman">Our site is dedicated to helping people develop better stoves for cooking with biomass fuels in developing regions.</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">What about accepting the Merriam-Webster definition for a "stove?"</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">Would anyone have a better definition for a "stove?"</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">Best wishes,</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial">Kevin</font></div><div><font face="Arial"></font> </div>_______________________________________________<br>Stoves mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>