The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . passed around theback and sides of the stove before being admitted throughconvenient openings into the room. This has immense advantagesover the ordinary type of fireplace. The illustrations showtwo forms of ventilating fireplace, one (fig. i) similar in appearanceto the ordinary domestic grate, the other (fig. 2) with descendingsmoke flue suitable for hospitals and public rooms, where it Opentires. might be fixed in the middle of the apartment. The fixing oistoves of this kind entails the laying
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . passed around theback and sides of the stove before being admitted throughconvenient openings into the room. This has immense advantagesover the ordinary type of fireplace. The illustrations showtwo forms of ventilating fireplace, one (fig. i) similar in appearanceto the ordinary domestic grate, the other (fig. 2) with descendingsmoke flue suitable for hospitals and public rooms, where it Opentires. might be fixed in the middle of the apartment. The fixing oistoves of this kind entails the laying of pipes or ducts from theopen to convey fresh air to the back of the stove. With closed stoves much less heat is wasted, and consequentlyless fuel is burned, than with open grates, but they often causean unpleasant sensation of dryness in the air, and theproducts of combustion also escape to some extent,rendering this method of heating not >nly unpleasantbut sometimes even dangerous. The method in Great Britainis almost entirely confined to places of public assembly, but in Gas/Ires. Fig. 2. America and on the continent of Europe it is much used fordomestic,heating. If the flue pipe be carried up a considerabledistance inside the apartment to be warmed before being turnedinto the external air, practically the whole of the heat generatedwill be utilized. Charcoal, coke or anthracite coal are the fuelsgenerally used in slow combustion heating stoves. Gas fires, as a substitute for the open coal fire, have manypoints in their favour, for they are conducive to cleanliness, theyneed but little attention, and the heat iseasily the other hand, they may give off unhealthyfumes and produce unpleasant odours. They usuallytake the form of cast iron open stoves fitted with a number ofBunsen burners which heat perforated lumps of asbestos. Thebest form of stove is that with which perfect combustion ismost nearly attained, and to which a pan of water is affi
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