Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 809
In private dwellings, where the appearance of the pipes is objectionable, they may be concealed be-hind perforated mouldings: or skirtings, or cornices; or the steam may be brought into ornamentalvases dispersed about the room, each furnished with a small stop-cock, to allow the air to escape…
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