Your electric kettle almost certainly uses a thermostat patented by John Taylor [1], who made his fortune with the things. Effectively, your kettle helped pay f

Your electric kettle almost certainly uses a thermostat patented by John Taylor [1], who made his fortune with the things. Effectively, your kettle helped pay for the wonderful Corpus Clock [2] - 'the strangest clock in the world' :) [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_(inventor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_(inventor) [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Clock