Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures, instituted in the State of New York. . warm a longtime : ^ is a plate of fiieet iron regulated by thefcrewJ.* Fire-places of the dimenfions above defcribed, willbe fufficiently large for rooms of a moderate fize,and for rooms of a larger fize the fire place oughtnot to exceed 18 or 20 inches wide in the back, and14 inches deep. The materials of which fire-places on this planmay be confiruded, can be varied, fo as to accom-modate every fituation. Where elegance is not re-quired, freefione, brick, tile, cafi: or
Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures, instituted in the State of New York. . warm a longtime : ^ is a plate of fiieet iron regulated by thefcrewJ.* Fire-places of the dimenfions above defcribed, willbe fufficiently large for rooms of a moderate fize,and for rooms of a larger fize the fire place oughtnot to exceed 18 or 20 inches wide in the back, and14 inches deep. The materials of which fire-places on this planmay be confiruded, can be varied, fo as to accom-modate every fituation. Where elegance is not re-quired, freefione, brick, tile, cafi: or fiieet iron maybe ufed ; but v^diere ornament is ftudied, the bafemay be of marble, and the dome either of marble or, of fiieet-copper, japaned or guilded. The form tooof a fabric fuch as 1 have defcribed, may be diverfi-fied in a thoufand ways, fo as to afibrd ample fcope * This I Iijive found to be of c^reat advantage, as in coldvreather the throat of the chimney will bear to be contra6led•without danger of fmoakine. This lellens the currant of coldJiir which is corflantly rufning in from every crack or On the improving of Grijl-Milh, 375 to the difplay of tafte and fancy. The bafe indeedis not fo lufceptibie of variety in its fonn, as is thefuperltvudure. which is capable of being mouldedinto an indnite variety of elegant lhapes, fuch as co-lumns, obelifks, pyramids, and figures of a conicaland eliptical form. The above memoir was prepared to lay before thefociety at their meeting on Tuefday lad, but as fewmembers met, and a board was not formed, it wasnot then read. Since that time I have kept a con-itant fire in my new conllruded fire-place, and itis with great pleafure I now inform the board thatits effedl in warming the room, and the confequentfaving of fuel is even beyond my mod fanguine ex-pedations. January 21, 1797. APPENDIX, Gbfervations on the Means of Improving the Manufac^iure of Flour^ and Biminijhing the Co?fumption ofWater in Grinding, By Robert R
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