Parkinson Cowan was a British manufacturer of gas meters and gas stoves between 1900 and 1971.
The name is now used for a brand of cooking appliances, owned by the Electrolux group.
The name Parkinson Cowan still exists in the UK as a brand of gas stoves, one of the company's early products.
The English Post-punk band 'Empire' wrote a song about a cooker entitled Parkinson Cowan, which was commercially released on their long-player entitled Expensive Sound (2003).
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