Why does a tea kettle sings

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Abstract THE town of Morioka is well known for the manufacture of the iron kettle which is indispensable in every Japanese household. Access through your institution. Buy or subscribe.

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A new paragon in tea Believe it or not, the 24T has its own miniature steam engine right under the lid. A marvel of engineering Invented centuries ago, the whistling tea kettle has been whistling the same old one note ever since.

For the first time stainless steel has been shaped in a series of concentric circles along a forward-moving axis. Not just one note Buy it for design, boil it for pleasure Most people when they buy the teakettle buy it for design.

They later moved into retirement, selling the tearoom to Mr John McDonald who was succeeded two years later in by Mrs Margaret Lampard and her husband Geoffrey. The couple had lived next door to the tearoom since Despite being closed for two years, The Kettle Sings has been serving tea and cake since