. The book of the garden. Gardening. THE TANK MODE OF HEATING. 201 the time. By lighting the fire about five or six o'clock in the evening, he finds he can keep the water in his tanks at from 112° to 116°—a heat quite sufficient for all useful purposes. It is a pity that Mr Huyshe has not stated with equal precision the season of the year at which he made the above experiments. The Honourable Robert Clive's improved mode of tank-heating, fig. 259.—This we consider an excellent mode of heating with tanks or gutters, and smoke-flue combined. The principal feature, how- ever, in this plan, is the
. The book of the garden. Gardening. THE TANK MODE OF HEATING. 201 the time. By lighting the fire about five or six o'clock in the evening, he finds he can keep the water in his tanks at from 112° to 116°—a heat quite sufficient for all useful purposes. It is a pity that Mr Huyshe has not stated with equal precision the season of the year at which he made the above experiments. The Honourable Robert Clive's improved mode of tank-heating, fig. 259.—This we consider an excellent mode of heating with tanks or gutters, and smoke-flue combined. The principal feature, how- ever, in this plan, is the supply and cir- culation of air made to pass over the tanks, and afterwards diffused through the house. The following sketch and de- scription will illustrate its principle :— " a is an air-pipe, whose orifice is at the ground-level, and which passes under ground into a hot-air chamber, which it enters at d. A plug at a being removed, cold air rushes down into the chamber, passes through a pigeon-holed wall at /, rises through a cavity at e, whence, loaded with vapour, it is admitted into the house when occasion requires : c c are two zinc open troughs, 12 inches by 3, filled with water, communicating with a saddle- backed boiler, and passing along the house into a chamber covered with wood, Fig. 259. 260, 261, with description, of what we think a very excellent pit. The walls Fig. 260. on which the pine-beds rest; b is the smoke ; Remove the wooden cover- ing, and substitute for it Bangor slate or thin pavement, and cast-iron for zinc troughs, and this pit will be complete. Mitchell, of the Union Road Nursery, Ply- mouth, has published in " The Gardeners' Chronicle" the annexed section, figs. VOL. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIntosh, Char
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