Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 80
er into which heatedstones were thrown. The stones, by giving offtheir heat, caused the water to boil in a veryshort time. After the art of making vessels ofclay was learned, food was boiled in earthenpots suspended above the fire. The methods of warming the house and * The illustrations on pages… … ^mem* FIG. L.—A PRIMITIVE STOVE. but it was thousands of years before bettermethods were invented. The long periods ofsavagery and barbarism passed and the periodof civilization was ushered in, but civilizationdid not at once bring better stoves. Neitherthe ancient Egyptians nor the ancient…
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