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Encyclopedia > AGA cooker
Photograph of a modern 3 oven AGA cooker

The AGA cooker is a stored-heat oven invented in 1922 by the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish physicist Dr. Gustaf Dalén (1869 - 1937), who also founded the AGA company. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 652 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2008 × 1847 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 652 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2008 × 1847 pixel, file size: 1. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awards in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine and Economics. ... Nils Gustaf Dalén (November 30, 1869 – December 9, 1937) was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of AGA, the company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalen light. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... AGA, previously AB Gas-accumulator and AB Svenska Gasaccumulator, was a Swedish company. ...


In 1912, Dr. Dalen lost his sight following an explosion during an experiment with pressurized liquids and gases. Forced to stay at home, Dr. Dalen discovered that his wife was exhausted by cooking. Although unable to see, he was determined to develop a new cook stove that was both capable of every culinary technique and easy to use. It is also capable of heating a house.


Adopting the time-honored principle of heat storage, he combined a small and efficient heat source, two large hotplates and two generous ovens into one robust and compact unit: the AGA Cooker. The cooker was introduced to England in 1929, and its popularity in certain parts of English society (owners of medium to large country houses) led to the term "AGA Saga" being used to refer to a genre of fiction set amongst stereotypical AGA owners. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The AGA Saga is a sub-genre of the family saga. ...


AGA is an abbreviation of the company name, Aktiebolaget Gas Accumulator.


The heavy iron castings inside the cooker are made at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, on the site of Abraham Darby's original iron works where the modern method of iron smelting was invented. Coalbrookdale is a settlement in a side valley of the Ironbridge Gorge in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is an English county in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. ... Abraham Darby is the name of three generations of an English Quaker family that was key to the development of the Industrial Revolution. ... Electric phosphate smelting furnace in a TVA chemical plant (1942) Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of extractive metallurgy. ...


Models

Three main models of AGA are currently in production: two, three and four oven versions. The four oven version is wider than the other models in order to accommodate the four ovens and the burner. The two oven model has three doors behind which are the burner, roasting oven and simmering oven. The newer three oven model also includes a baking oven,[1] and the four oven version also has a warming oven and warming plate on the top.[1]


In terms of weekly fuel consumption, Aga expects[2] the two oven Aga to consume 40 litres of kerosene or diesel, 60 litres of propane gas, 425kWh of natural gas or 220kWh for the electric models. To put this into perspective, the average domestic natural gas consumption in the UK is 386.75kWh per week[3]. The watt-hour (symbol W·h) is a unit of energy. ...


In addition, Aga is selling kerosene and diesel models which, with slight modification, can be made to run on biofuel[4]. hello jo For articles on specific fuels used in vehicles, see Biogas, Bioethanol, Biobutanol, Biodiesel, and Straight vegetable oil Sugar cane can be used as a biofuel. ...


External Links

  1. ^ a b Aga Range Cookers.
  2. ^ Aga Range Cookers.
  3. ^ DTI report on Energy - its impact on the environment and society.
  4. ^ Aga unveils new biofuel model.

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AGA cooker - Biocrawler (121 words)
The AGA cooker is a stored-heat cooker invented in 1922 by the Nobel Prize-winning Swedish physicist Dr. Gustaf Dalén (1869 - 1937), who also founded the AGA company.
The cooker was introduced to England in 1929, and its popularity in certain parts of English society (owners of medium to large country houses) led to the term "AGA Saga" being used to refer to a genre of fiction set amongst stereotypical AGA owners.
The heavy iron castings inside the cooker are made at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, on the site of Abraham Darby's original iron works where the modern method of iron smelting was invented.
AGA Cooker (1172 words)
Dit geeft een heel fijne atmosfeer in het vertrek.
Een AGA is dus eigenlijk een soort gaskachel
Een AGA Cooker heeft geen stelpoten en is niet stelbaar.
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