APPENDIX TO PART I. 



An Account of the Expense of fitting up a small Oven. 



SINCE the foregoing sheets were printed off, I have 

 caused a small oven of sheet iron to be made and 

 set in brick-work, for the express purpose of ascertain- 

 ing the cost of it. This oven, which is such as would 

 be proper for the use of a small poor family, is 1 1 inches 

 wide, ii inches high, and 15! inches long; and it 

 weighs 6 Ibs. 2 oz. At its mouth or opening, the sheet 

 iron is turned back in such a manner as to form a rim, 

 half an inch wide, projecting outwards; which rim 

 serves to strengthen the oven, and is likewise useful in 

 fixing it in the brick-work. 



The whole oven is constructed of two pieces of sheet 

 iron, of unequal dimensions, the largest piece (which is 

 about 1 6^ inches wide by 45 inches long) forming the 

 top, bottom, and two sides ; and the smallest (which is 

 about 1 2 inches square) forming the end. These sheets 

 of iron are united by seams without rivets. One seam 

 only runs through the oven in the direction of its 

 length, and that is situated in the middle of the upper 

 part of it. 



A good workman was employed just two hours in 

 making this oven ; but there is no doubt but the work 

 might be done in a shorter time by a man accustomed 

 to that kind of manufacture, especially if the proper 



