. The book of the garden. Gardening. ground-plan—heated under my direc- tions, comprising a forcing-house 30 feet. long, and green- house 16 feet long, both 14 feet wide; and two melon pits, each 8 feet square. The apparatus for warming the whole of these, contain- ing, independent of bottom heat, an area of upwards of 8000 cubic feet, con- sists of a fire-box k, 18 inches by 16 inches, connected with the smoke-flue by a series of five rows of tubes, five tubes in each row. The heated gases produced by the combustion of the fuel traverse the whole of these pipes, affording a radiating surface
. The book of the garden. Gardening. ground-plan—heated under my direc- tions, comprising a forcing-house 30 feet. long, and green- house 16 feet long, both 14 feet wide; and two melon pits, each 8 feet square. The apparatus for warming the whole of these, contain- ing, independent of bottom heat, an area of upwards of 8000 cubic feet, con- sists of a fire-box k, 18 inches by 16 inches, connected with the smoke-flue by a series of five rows of tubes, five tubes in each row. The heated gases produced by the combustion of the fuel traverse the whole of these pipes, affording a radiating surface of 200 superficial feet. The sup- ply of fresh air is brought from /, and. 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, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood
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