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improvements which seem to merit public attention ; and move especially such 

 kinds of apparatus as tend to multiply the conveniences of life ; to promote 

 domestic econ(»my ; to form the taste and facilitate the exercise of useful indus- 

 try. Efforts shall be made to procure the most perfect models for each object. 

 The following will deserve particular attention : Chimneys for cottages, with 

 appropriate utensils ; complete kitchen for a farm-house, with all its furnishings ; 

 complete kitchen, suitable for a family in easy circumstances ; rooms for wash- 

 ing, drying, and ironing clothes for a rich family or hospital, with boilers and 

 other necessary utensils ; German, Swedish, and Russian stoves for heating 

 apartments and passages. 



'' In order that those who visit the establishment may acquire just ideas of these 

 different inventions, and of the circumstances which constitute the particular 

 merit of each of them, working models shall, as far as possible, be used for 

 exhibition; and it is evident that the greater part of those just spoken of are 

 susceptible of being presented in that forin. In the different apartments, chim- 

 neys contrived on the best principles shall be provided, to serve as models for 

 constructors, and tires shall be constantly kept burning therein during cold 

 weather. In the same apartments, models of grates, adapted both for ornament 

 and economy, shall be exhibited, as well as models of ornamental stoves, in the 

 form of elegant chimney-places, for large saloons, dining-rooms, &c. 



'^ It is proposed also to introduce small models (though such still as shall be 

 capable of being put in operation) of that curious and useful machine, the 

 steam-engine ; models also of the apparatus for brewing, with improved fur- 

 naces ; of large stills, with the new condensers ; of extensive ranges for the 

 kitchens of hospitals and the marine, with improved fire-places. Place should 

 be found likewise for models of ventilators for renewing the air of apartments 

 and the interior of ships ; of hot-houses, with all the known improvements ; of 

 lime-kilns of divers construction; of steam-boilers for preparing the food of 

 domestic animals ; of rustic houses, upon different plans ; of wheels for spinning, 

 and looms for the production of fabrics especially suited for the poor, and calcu- 

 lated to furnish them employment at home ; together with models of all the new 

 inventions proper to promote the advancement of agriculture ; those of bridges, 

 constructed on various principles ; and, in fine, of all that the directors shall 

 deem deserving of public attention in point of utility and convenience. Each 

 article shall be accompanied by a detailed description, and exact drawings, and 

 a designation be given of the name and abode of the artist engaged in its pro- 

 duction, with the price of his work. 



'' In order to realize the second object of the Institution, that, namely, of show- 

 ing the application of science to the different requirements of life, a course of 

 public lectures on natural philosophy, accompanied by experiments, shall be 

 established. For the use of this course there shall be a cabinet of physics and 

 a laboratory of chemistry. 



''Among the different subjects treated of in these lectures, particular attention 

 should be given to that of heat in its application to the various uses of life; 

 combustion, and the relative quantities of heat furnished by different combusti- 

 bles ; the management and economy of fire ; the causes on which depends the 

 heat of different substances used for clothing : the effects of heat and cold, both 

 in a stationary and circulating atmosphere, upon the human body, whether in a 

 state of health or sickness ; the effects of vitiated and confined air on respira- 

 tion ; the means of rendering ordinary' dwellings agreeable and healthy ; the 

 construction of ice-houses and preservation of ice in summer ; the prevention of 

 ailments in different seasons and climates ; the cooling of liquids without the 

 use of ice, &c. 



"Vegetation and the effects of different manures, with the method of ])repar- 

 ing and adapting the latter to various soils, should receive attention ; also the 

 changes which alimentary substances undergo in the different processes of cook- 



