Our domestic fire-places : a treatise on the economical use of fuel and the prevention of smoke : with observations on the patent laws / Frederick Edwards, Jun.

  • Edwards, Frederick, Jun.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Our domestic fire-places : a treatise on the economical use of fuel and the prevention of smoke : with observations on the patent laws / Frederick Edwards, Jun. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cutler’s Patent Grate PAGE 33 Tillett’s Patent Grate 33 Dr. Arnott’s Grate 33 Jeakes’s Patent Grate 35 Iloole’s Patent Grates 35 Nature of Combustion 36 Advantages of the Smokeless Fire . 44 List of Advantages and Disadvantages 49 Examination of Disadvantages • • • 51 The Builder's Recommendation for using a common Fire 57 Goodekild’s Patent Grate 57 Board of Health Commission . 58 Chapter III. General Deductions and Recommendations 63 What is the best form for a Grate ? • • . 66 Of what Materials should a Grate be composed ? . 67 What should be the general arrangement of the Fire Receptacle ? 70 What Provision should be made for checking the escape of the Heated Air ? • • • 72 How should Air be supplied to the Fire ? • . 74 How are the Heated Products Escaping into the Chimney to be utilized ? . . . . • • • 76 List of Recommendations that may be followed in the construction of Fire Grates • • • 78 Special Supply of Air to a Fire . 80 Double Windows or Double Panes . 80 Protection where Skylights are used . 81 Ventilation .... . 81 How should Coal be supplied to the Fire ? • 83 Chapter IY. On the Patent Laws . . . • • .93 Note 107 Plates