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The open fireplace in all ages (1886)

Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 104

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of appearance The fresh air. after having been heated in the tubes and box, is eitherconducted immediately into the room through registers opening under themantel, or it rises in a double line to the ceiling or to the rooms above, asshown in the section ( Fig. 1 15). T II E OP E X FIR E PL AC E .… … Fig. 114. The Dimmick Heater. EXPERIMENTS WITH nil. DIMMICK HEATER. The heater was set out in the room in front of the mantel, and thefresh air conducted through a brick flue direct from the outside to theiron chamber under the upright tubes. The heated air entered the roomthrough two openings…

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