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Fireplaces - Early works to 1800

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    The complete modern joiner, or a collection of original designs in the present taste, for chimney-pieces and door-cases, with their Mouldings and Enrichments at Large; Frizes, Tablets, Ornaments for Pilasters, Bases, Sub-Bases and Cornices for Rooms, &c. With a table shewing the proportion of chimneys with their entablatures, to rooms of any size: by N. Wallis, Architect.

    Wallis, N. | Date: [1772]
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    Count Rumford's Experimental essays, political, economical, and philososphical. Essay IV. Of chimney fire-places, with proposals for improving them, to save Fuel; to render Dwelling-Houses more Comfortable and Salubrious, and, effectually to prevent Chimnies from Smoking.

    Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814. | Date: 1796
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    An essay on chimney fire-places; with proposals for improving them, to save fuel; ... Illustrated with engravings. By Benjamin Count of Rumford, ...

    Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814. | Date: 1796
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