The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 411
partof the roof covered with slates, which will be less expensiveand more durable than glass. It may also be necessary toadd, that the boiler for a house of this size should boil thirtygallons of water, and be supplied by a ball-cock: the lidshould be screwed on tight, that no steam may escape,… … Fire place. Flue. Boiler. Steam chamber. Holes to admit the steam into the house: they are stopped by plugs when the steam is not wanted. Hole to allow the steam to escape when not in use. Ball-cock cistern. Trap-door into the stock hole. Arched passage into the chamber. Door. I am, Sir, yours,…
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