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 237
ch, by meansof these hollow walls, a dry heat is obtained from moist dung.In other particulars these pits are not materially different fromsome plans which have already appeared in your Enajclopcediaand in the Gardeners Magazine. Supposing a cross section through two of these pits to beexamined, it… … built of what are called flooring bricks, which are only about2 in. thick. The cross bricks, which connect the two wallstogether, are also built of these flooring bricks, set on edge.The inner part of the wall bevels, or approaches to the outerpart of the wall, from the base to the height of 4 ft.…
