The art of hatching and bringing up domestic fowls, by means of artificial heat / Being an abstract of Monsieur de Reäumur's curious work upon that subject, communicated to the Royal Society ... By Mr. Trembley, F.R.S. Translated from the French.

  • Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, 1683-1757.
Date:
1750
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Credit: The art of hatching and bringing up domestic fowls, by means of artificial heat / Being an abstract of Monsieur de Reäumur's curious work upon that subject, communicated to the Royal Society ... By Mr. Trembley, F.R.S. Translated from the French. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and with very little expence, in this manner bring up and feed a very great number of chickens, during the firft weeks of their lives: whilft the country folks who fhould bring to market large chickens to fell, would furely be glad of the opportunities of buying up in the towns lit¬ tle ones, to carry back and to keep, till they ftiould alfo become faleable at market in their turn. In country places where there is no oven, and where wood is cheap, a little room might be made ufe of, in the middle of which might be placed a fmall Hove. Mr. de Reau¬ mur gives the defcription of fuch a little room, and which he had alfo himfelf made ufe of, with goodfuccefs for this purpofe. Difc. II, Mr. de Reaumur had not yet thought of the ufe which might be made of bakers and other ovens, for the hatching of chickens, when he firft attempted to perform the fame by the heat of dung. He judges himfelf, that he fhould hardly have taken fo much pains, as he has really taken, to overcome the great dif¬ ficulties, which prefented themfelves in the courfe of this undertaking; if he had then known, that he could fo eafily have made ufe of the heat of common ovens* We fhould then