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directly under the fire, and consequently p^reater. The 

 pipe (p), which should be seven inches in diameter, rises 

 from the stove to the heip^ht of five or six feet from 

 the ground, then passes horizontally into a drum, 

 12 or 14 inches In diameter and three feet 

 \on^, thence as indicated by the arrows in Fip^. 107, ris- 

 ing gradually, as seen in Fig. 108, until it reaches the 

 chimney about four feet from the cloth. Such an 



FIG. 99. GROUND PLAN OF KILN. 



/I, stove room; U, stove; C, C, draft holes; Z), D, coal bins; E, press room. 



arrangement of pipe keeps all the heat where it is 

 needed, and, of course, saves fuel. 



The press room should be at least seven feet from 

 the floor to the beam in which the screws are set. The 

 beam, ten by twelve inches, may also serve as a support 

 for the floor of the store room. The bed-sill is of sim- 

 ilar dimensions, and connected with the beam by two 



