The craftsman . Fire-place in the Billiard Room of Mr, Ernest I. White, Syracuse* riRE-PLACES, OLD AND NEW -^ -^ 1^UCH might be said of the evolution of methods of•*• *• heating, for many changes have intervened betweenthe unenclosed fire built on the floor of wigwam or hutand the newest steam or electric heater of our day. Little, however, can be saidupon the growth of the fire-place, for the fire-place havingbeen once conceived, the conditions to be met precludedthe possibility of essential modifications. The fire-placemust be built in a chimney flue, and be open on one side. The question co
The craftsman . Fire-place in the Billiard Room of Mr, Ernest I. White, Syracuse* riRE-PLACES, OLD AND NEW -^ -^ 1^UCH might be said of the evolution of methods of•*• *• heating, for many changes have intervened betweenthe unenclosed fire built on the floor of wigwam or hutand the newest steam or electric heater of our day. Little, however, can be saidupon the growth of the fire-place, for the fire-place havingbeen once conceived, the conditions to be met precludedthe possibility of essential modifications. The fire-placemust be built in a chimney flue, and be open on one side. The question concerning thehistory of fire-places, which of all others possesses thegreatest interest, is, who thought out and built the firstfire-place? It probably was done by some inhabitant ofthe frigid or temperate zones, for the people of the tropicsdid not need it for heat and could do their little cooldngover an unenclosed fire. It probably was done by somemembers of a race which had begun to maintain itself byag
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