Kitchen contraptions from the past

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Eat your heart out Gromit; the Edwardians were sipping their brew in bed back in 1902. A flame was triggered by the alarm clock, which heated the kettle. Once at boiling point the steam would lift a hinged flap tilting the kettle and filling the tea pot. Simple. It's not known how much tea ended up on the sheets.

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