. 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 . is required, he tells us. As to the possibility of converting smoke into tarby such means as are above described, some doid)tsmight be expressed if it could really be done ; theremedy Mould be worse even than the disease, everyhousehold using yearly 20 tons of coal would have inthat time to remove 7 barrels or 17^ cwt. of tar fromtheir roof. Tlie Builder, in publishing this suggestion,did not give any diagram or sketch showing how thep
. 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 . is required, he tells us. As to the possibility of converting smoke into tarby such means as are above described, some doid)tsmight be expressed if it could really be done ; theremedy Mould be worse even than the disease, everyhousehold using yearly 20 tons of coal would have inthat time to remove 7 barrels or 17^ cwt. of tar fromtheir roof. Tlie Builder, in publishing this suggestion,did not give any diagram or sketch showing how theprocess was to be effected. Mr. Bruce Neil no doubtmade one, as he speaks of the alteration required inthe ventilation of our apartments ; a drawing wouldat least have explained how the water was to collectthe soot, and how it was to have access to the fluein case of its being on fire. The suggestion of collecting soot at the chimney-top by means of water was a valuable one, and there THE FIREPLACE. 441 is no doubt it could be done to some extent, but notby encircling the pots with cold water, which wouldchill the smoke and prevent the soot from rising. A. Fig. 23.— Water chimney-vase for collecting elevation. Half section. design is here given, fig. 23, to show how it could beeffected. 442 THE FIREPLACE. It will be seen that the eliimney-pot or funnel hasa zinc cover carried by stout ironwork surroundingit; a is the water, h the pipe to convey it away ; itwould be self-acting, and being washed by everyshower would not be likely to get out of order. Therain-water must be looked for as to supply—to payfor high service for the roof of our houses to thew^ater companies would not do. Our climate is more damp than cold, and a con-siderable quantity of rain falls on our roofs. The zinccover is spread out, so as to retain as large a portionas possible of the rain-fall. In winter, when there ismost smoke, there is most Avater, with little or noevaporation. A pool of water
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