Modern buildings : their planning, construction and equipment (1905)
Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London : Caxton Publishing Company, Limited · leaf 162
he fire was bright, and left so when the sides of the fire, all the way up, should be an angle from front to back of 45 degrees. The bottom of the fire was replenished with fresh coal, the room would fire should be a grating, to allow the ashes to fall be filled with smoke in a brief time. About… … Fio. 86. an “ Economiser,” as by its use air was prevented from passing through* the bottom bars and a slow-com- the “ slow-combustion ” grate became famous. The bustion fire resulted. best known of these had for its chief feature the Fig. 87 shows a fireplace made on Dr. Teale’s lowering of the…
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