Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 172
next best thing to be done isto use a grate in which the greatest amount of heat can be obtainedfrom a minimum of coal. This requisite is possessed by the SlowCombustion Stoves, so called on account of the slow and gradual butcomplete consumption of the fuel that is placed in them. These admirable… … FIREPLACE, CHARLTON HOUSE. the invalid ; and the weary watcher 128 The House and its Furniture p*=. or space in whic\ ,he coals ar/cZumS Souid be t ess Safin*! which the air can circulale ^^tin^a Sa^f I The annexed diagram will give a sufficient illustration of theprinciple enumeratedabove, and…
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