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The open fireplace in all ages (1886)

Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 52

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tility is as great as the novehy.It appears that it is not. It has been observed, on the contrary, that ofthe few old chimneys which have escaped remodelling there is scarcelyone which smokes. Old men testify to the same effect in regard to thosewhich existed in their time, while we have no… … of theViollet From 2() T II /•: (> PEN FIR EPL AC E Philibert Delornic, and others. The hood was dropped, partly because itwas thought to interfere with the decoration of the apartment, and partlyon account of the desire for novelty. (Figs. 15 and 16.) Unfortunatelythis modification involved a…

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