The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

579. KITCHENS IN LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS are usually fitted with what are

termed "smoke-jacks." By means of these, several spits, if required, may be turned at the same time. This not being, of course, necessary in smaller establishments, a roasting apparatus, more economical in its consumption of coal, is more frequently in use. [Illustration: BOTTLE-JACK, WITH WHEEL AND HOOK.]