. The book of the garden. Gardening. to pass to the top of the pit. The aper- ture to these can be closed at pleasure, thus insuring a perfect command over the moisture of the atmosphere, g, fig. 264, is a chamber which formerly con- tained a flue belonging to the house that occupied the place of the one I am now describing. This chamber has been left with the view of its being useful for fill- ing with hot dung, either for the purpose of assisting to maintain the heat of the house, or for destroying insects. The tanks and pipes cannot both be wrought at the same time," on account of the
. The book of the garden. Gardening. to pass to the top of the pit. The aper- ture to these can be closed at pleasure, thus insuring a perfect command over the moisture of the atmosphere, g, fig. 264, is a chamber which formerly con- tained a flue belonging to the house that occupied the place of the one I am now describing. This chamber has been left with the view of its being useful for fill- ing with hot dung, either for the purpose of assisting to maintain the heat of the house, or for destroying insects. The tanks and pipes cannot both be wrought at the same time," on account of the difference of level, " but they are fitted with stopcocks, as that either can be wrought at pleasure; and a few hours in the middle of the day, when the pipes are not wanted, is found amply sufficient to keep up the bottom heat, as the mass of material, when once heated, retains its heat for a considerable ; The use of dung lining at g is, we think, quite superfluous; nor can we see how four brick arches can be constructed cheaper than a covering of slate or pavement. Hat/croft's mode of tank-heating.—The fol- Fig. lowing diagrams (figs. 265, 266, 267) of a Haycroft as the details of a house he pine-stove were communicated by Mr erected for Lord Doneraile : a, in fig. 265,. 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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