. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . llilllllliiillllllllliiiiiiiniiiiiiiilill |||lliii|i!|il!!ll;iil||i;!ilfe^^^ Fig. 19. one flue, and this of metal 10 inches in diameter,enclosed in a large brick flue, which was to serve forventilation. In the metal flue were to be inserted theflues of the several fireplaces; these were placed backto back, and if the register doors of the stoves wereopen, a person in one room might both see and con- 426 THE FIREPLACE. verse with anothe
. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . llilllllliiillllllllliiiiiiiniiiiiiiilill |||lliii|i!|il!!ll;iil||i;!ilfe^^^ Fig. 19. one flue, and this of metal 10 inches in diameter,enclosed in a large brick flue, which was to serve forventilation. In the metal flue were to be inserted theflues of the several fireplaces; these were placed backto back, and if the register doors of the stoves wereopen, a person in one room might both see and con- 426 THE FIREPLACE. verse with another in the next; the music of a piano-forte in one room could be heard in them all; thisconstruction was taken up through four stories, therebeing eight fireplaces. For one fireplace alone itwould have been perfect, but the smoke from the twokitchen fires would have been sufficient to have choked. Fig. 20. the flue and caused the smoke to enter into the wholeof the eight rooms. The chimney-stack might possibly be lowered, andit certainly could be constructed without chimney-pots, but each separate flue must have its own design for this, one that should take away the open THE FIREPLACE. 427 character of tlie flue, and fit tlie stack, possibly forthe Mansard roof, is here given. In fig. 21, a a are the flues, delivering their smokeinto a large ventilating flue, b. The warm smokewould induce a current of air to enter at c; anycurrent will have a tendency to draw another with it,so that the smoke leaving the flues c c would betaken out at d by the current of air at c.
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