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generally known, that it would be quite superfluous for 

 me to enlarge on that subject 



The dotted lines leading from the front of the brick- 

 work to the fire-places show the position and dimensions 

 of the ash-pits. 



The whole length of the mass of brick-work from A 

 to B is 1 1 feet, and its width from A to C is 7 feet 

 4 inches. The space it occupies on the ground may be 

 conceived to consist of six equal squares of 44 inches 

 each, placed in two rows of three squares each ; these 

 two rows being joined to each other by their sides, and 

 forming together a parallelogram. And, in laying out 

 the work when a kitchen is to be fitted up on the plan 

 here described, it will always be best to begin by actually 

 drawing these six squares on the floor of the kitchen. 

 Nearly the whole of the middle square of the back row 

 is occupied by the open chimney fire-place, and by its 

 thick hollow walls ; and the greater part of the middle 

 square of the front row is left as a passage for the cook 

 to come to the open chimney fire-place, or rather to the 

 stoves that are situated near it. 



PLATE IX. 



Fig. 4. This figure, which represents a vertical section 

 of the mass of brick-work through the centres of the fire- 

 places of the four principal boilers, is chiefly designed to 

 show the construction of those fire-places, and also that of 

 the boilers. Sections of the circular grates on which the 

 fires are made to burn under the boilers are here repre- 

 sented, and also sections of the ash-pits, and of the con- 

 tractions of the fire-places immediately below the grates ; * 



* For an account of the utility of these contractions, see page 37. 

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