Kettle

Then suddenly another sound became audible--a very gentle, soothing sound, like that of a small jet of steam escaping continually from a kettle.
(Adventure VIII, pg. 116)

Early kettles would have been made of iron and by the 19th century copper was a common material. In the mid 1900s alluminum and stainless steel kettles started to be manufactured.

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