The architecture of country houses : including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best modes of warming and ventilating (1851)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 · New York : D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : Geo S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut-Street · leaf 560
connection with the damper; that is, when tlie fire is thoroughly lightedin the furnace, have it completely covered over with a coat of the coal dust Allservants will attend to this, because it saves them trouble, and we find that tliecoal only bums out half as fast, while the possibihty of heating… … The superiority of this mode consists in the fact, that the airwhich comes from a hot-water chamber is always of a mildand gentle heat, since it can never be raised to a high tempera-ture, robbed of moisture, or injured in quality. Consequently,it is never either hot, or loaded with the Jlavor of…
Architecture, Domestic
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