Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 117
ntact with the fire, by which it might be overheated to theinjury of the fresh air, and finally destroyed : (8), the detachment of theair-heating surfaces from the fireplace proper, which may. therefore, bemade of any form or material desired. If the fireplace already exist it maybe left untouched,… … and, finally (o), the simplicity and cheapness of its construction. Not-withstanding its evident advantages, the principle was left undeveloped.and as the apparatus described by PecleJ was defective it was abandoned.Ii was seen that the bends in the smoke-flue and the reversed course ofthe smoke…
Fireplaces
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