This is a Manning, Bowman & Co No.60 alcohol stove. Found in Australia. The advertisement shown below says: “60 — Brass. Nickel-Plated with Cast Hinged Top. Diameter at top 6 1/2 inches. Will burn one and one-half hours without refilling. Especially adapted for percolators and for table use in general. $3.50 Denatured (commercial) Alcohol should be used. The burner is so constructed that it mixes air with the gas manufactured by the alcohol, which produces a blue flame, clean and intensely hot. The wick will not burn or char.” The pot frame was painted black when I got it. “Manning, Bowman & Co. Meridian, Conn. U.S.A. No. 60 Patent’s Pending” “After extinguishing IMMEDIATELY open needle valve and leave open” No.60 is the bottom right stove. [Source: Posted by @The Warrior here] —> more to come —>
Starting the stove The pump delivers alcohol to bottom of the burner system. After a little while the stove gets hot and produces a larger, clean flame. Here boiling a Sirram kettle for tea. The pot rest also fits a small coffee maker. The stove burns very cleanly. There was no soot on the bottom of the Sirram after boiling the pot of water. A great little stove. Cheers Tony @The Warrior, @snwcmpr, @optipri
@Tony Press An American contemporary, from Landers, Frary and Clark bears a strong resemblance. I wonder, Tony, if yours unscrews from the fuel tank to reveal the priming pump? John
@presscall I haven’t taken the burner off the tank yet. I tried, but it was stuck hard. Now that I’ve used it a few times, I’ll give it another go. Cheers Tony
@presscall The burner did come off easily having been used. See the spring through the holes. Bottom of the pump. See the hole just under the pump rod that delivers alcohol to the bottom tray beneath the burner. Cheers Tony
Very cool stove! Lots of BTUs for an alcohol stove without running rich. I see a number of design elements that modern stoves could benefit from today. To start with, I can see how a radial slotted burner would induce cleaner combustion than designs with just holes, to start with. What is the tube for that the valve passes through? Looks to have a spout to return fuel to the priming cup, or something else?
@Alcoholic I don’t know the answer to your question. It’s a rather difficult item to investigate. It could be in one of their patents. Edit: The “spout” is not referred to in the 1910 Patent. Tony
I should have pointed out that @The Warrior thread on his Manning Bowman stove is excellent: Manning Bowman Alcolite Stove I agree that the “J-tube” is to do with air mixing, at least the top upright section of the tube. What I can’t fathom is the small hole in the top of the horizontal tube the regulator screws through (right where the flame is pointed in the video above). That hole sits in the centre of the J-tube, and coincides with the thin end (not the threads) of the regulator shaft. Thin wire is required for further investigation. By the way, the 1910 Patent is for the mix of the frame and how it works with the pot. I’ll post one extract here, and the full Patent in the Reference Library (now posted here). Cheers Tony
