2io On the Construction of Kitchen 



and in one of the fire-places, which is shown without its 

 boiler, the openings of the branched canal by which 

 the smoke goes off horizontally towards the chimney 

 are also marked. 



Fig. 5. This figure shows a bird's-eye view of the 

 upper surface of the brick-work, with all the boilers 

 and saucepans in their places, except one ; three of the 

 principal boilers and one saucepan with their covers 

 on ; and the rest of them without their covers. It 

 likewise represents a horizontal section of the open 

 chimney fire-place, 4 inches above the level of the top 

 of the mass of brick-work in which the boilers and 

 saucepans are set. 



It is to be observed that all the boilers, stewpans, and 

 saucepans are fitted into circular rings of iron, which 

 are firmly fixed to the brick-work ; and that they are 

 suspended in their fire-places by their circular rims. 

 All the stewpans and saucepans, that are not too large 

 to be lifted with their contents in and out of their fire- 

 places with the strength of one hand, have iron handles 

 attached to their circular rims; but the four principal 

 boilers, which are too large to be managed with one 

 hand, have each two rings fitted to their rims. These 

 handles and rings are so constructed that they do not 

 prevent the saucepans and boilers from fitting the 

 circular openings of their fire-places; neither do they 

 prevent their being fitted by their own circular covers. 



It will, doubtless, be observed that the four principal 

 boilers shown in Fig. 4, belonging to the kitchen I am 

 now describing, differ but very little in form from the 

 boilers in common use, and consequently that they are 

 considerably deeper in proportion to their width than 

 they ought to be, in order that the heat generated in 



