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The open fireplace in all ages (1886)

Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 81

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eventing smoke is to be found, or where a powerful draught isrequired to light the fire rapidly. A good arrangement of the grate for burning coal is to have theentire grate project beyond the fireplace, so as to utilize the greatest pos-sible amount of radiant heat. A semicircular hood of metal… … Fig. 63. Bronzacs MovableG rate. The fireplace of Lhomond, as shown in Figs. CI mid 62, is designedfor wood, but by putting a grate in place of the andirons it may lie usedfor coal. THE MOVABLE GRATE. Fig. 63 represents the movable grate, invented by Bronzac. The fuelrests on a small carriage, with…

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