The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house (1871)
Richardson, C. J. (Charles James), 1806-1871 · London, J. C. Hotten · leaf 430
t any amount of ventilating power, self-acting and continuous, could be obtained. Theirintroduction alone would be beneficial; combined withthe flue pedestal, to be described, the tubes could be 424 THE FIREPLACE. led into one general upward shaft; by either plan wcshould have some command over the… … It remains to show how the open character of theflue could be taken away (this forms its chief evil), andhow a chimney-stack may be formed without chimney-pots. The late Lord Palmerston, wlicn Home Secre-tary, proposed the abolition of chimney-stacks, andthe use of only one chimney-stalk for each…
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