The Architectural magazine . derstands thesubject of grates and heating better than any other person weknow; and from him we have received the following think it right to publish them, because we are certain thatthere are lew things relating to the fittings-up of houses respect-ing which people in general, and even eminent architects and 76 Notice of the Mussel Stove. builders, are more deficient in information, than parlour correspondent says :— The Russel grate can hardly be called a novelty; and I donot think that the slight differences which distinguish it fromso
The Architectural magazine . derstands thesubject of grates and heating better than any other person weknow; and from him we have received the following think it right to publish them, because we are certain thatthere are lew things relating to the fittings-up of houses respect-ing which people in general, and even eminent architects and 76 Notice of the Mussel Stove. builders, are more deficient in information, than parlour correspondent says :— The Russel grate can hardly be called a novelty; and I donot think that the slight differences which distinguish it fromsome others are improvements. It does very well in a chimneywhere the draught is always good, but will not do where it wouldbe liable to slight occasional checks, as the smallest hesitation inthe current makes the whole of the smoke come into ihe persons who have been induced to try these grates havebeen, for this reason, obliged to give them up. Fzg. 34. presents a form nearly analogous to that of the Russel 34. grate; but which is not liable to the same disadvantage, andwhich may be used in a chimney of less depth. All forms of grates of this kind are, however, liable to an im-portant defect; viz., that, from the great surface of the heatedmetal, heat is carried off to pass up the chimney. I feel satisfied,from my own experience, that the grate which I formerlydescribed to you (see ILncyc. of Cott. Arch., § 1373. fig. 1243.),as being formed of three slabs of fire-brick, will heat a roomwith half the consumption of fuel which the best register gratewould require; and, if I should ever again have to furnish ahouse for myself, I should have no other grnte in any room of degree of elegance which may be suitable may be given tothe external parts; so that its fundamental simplicity need be noobjection to its introduction into highly decorated need not add that this description of fireplace admits of beingcarried into execution, where ornament is no
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