Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 75
having really done more thanany other one man to retard the proper developmentof the subject. He complains of the enormouswaste of heat, and regrets that no means of savingit can be invented, in the face of the discoveries ofboth Savot and Ganger. Even his bevelled jambsfor better reflecting the… … Fig. 49. Rumfords Fireplace. into town, this black cloud whichhangs over London, without wishingto be able to compute the immensenumber of chaldrons of coal of whichit is composed ; for, could this be as-certained. I am persuaded so strikinga fact would awaken the curiosity andexcite the…
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