Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds Adapted to North America . d ten or twelve inchesin diameter. Circular flues are easily formedby building round a cylinder of tin, whichis worked upwards by turning it with thehand as the chimney is carried up. Theinterior of the flue next the cylinder is cov-ered with mortar in building, and the gradualwithdrawal of the cylinder upwards, leaves asmooth plastered surface. A section showing the construction ofthe rising cupboard, or dumb waiter, is shown in Fig. this section,
Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds Adapted to North America . d ten or twelve inchesin diameter. Circular flues are easily formedby building round a cylinder of tin, whichis worked upwards by turning it with thehand as the chimney is carried up. Theinterior of the flue next the cylinder is cov-ered with mortar in building, and the gradualwithdrawal of the cylinder upwards, leaves asmooth plastered surface. A section showing the construction ofthe rising cupboard, or dumb waiter, is shown in Fig. this section, the floor of the pantry is indicated at £the portion above being enclosed ina sort of sideboard or closet in thepantry, and the part below in a simi-lar closet in the basement. At a, isthe cupboard with three shelves. Thiscupboard, with the dishes it will con-tain, is balanced by the weight c, atthe end of a rope, passing over thepulleys b, which are attached to thetop of the cupboard. This, with aslight impetus, sends the loaded cup-board up to the top; it is drawn down by a small wheel and crank, d, with a similar cord or leathern5. [Fig. 28.] 66 COTTAGE RESIDENCES* strap, attached to the bottom of the cupboard. This wheel andcrank are fixed firmly at the bottom of the trunk in which thecupboard moves, and about a foot and a half above the floorof the kitchen. The top of the trunk, or that part above thefloor,/, is disguised, and rendered ornamental, by the neat side-board or closet covering it, which opens in front to allow thedishes to be taken out. Estimate. If this cottage is built of brick and stucco, withcut stone labels to the windows, and finished in a consistentand appropriate, though simple manner in the interior, it willcost about $3500. Built of quarried stone, where the latteris not abundant, it would probably cost 83800. THE GROUNDS OF DESIGN III. The situation of the ground, four acres in extent, upon whichthis dwelling is to be erected, we have already partly
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