258 On the Construction of Kitchen 



a closed fire-place directly under it, may play all round 

 it, and heat it equally and expeditiously. The open end 

 of this cylinder, which should be even with the front of 

 the brick-work in which it is set, is closed either with a 

 double door of sheet iron, or with a single door of sheet 

 iron covered on the outside with a panel of wood ; and 

 in the cylinder there is a horizontal shelf, made of a 

 flat plate of sheet iron, which is supported on ledges 

 riveted to the inside of the cylinder, on each side of 

 it. This shelf is situated about three inches below the 

 centre or level of the axis of the body of the roaster, 

 and it serves as a support for a dripping-pan, in 

 which, or rather over which, the meat to be roasted 

 is placed. 



This dripping-pan, which is made of sheet iron, is 

 about 2 inches deep, 1 6 inches wide above, 1 5! inches 

 in width below, and 22 inches long; and it is placed 

 on four short feet, or, what is better, on two long 

 sliders, bent upwards at their two extremities, and 

 fastened to the ends of the dripping-pan, forming, to- 

 gether with the dripping-pan, a kind of sledge; the 

 bottom of the dripping-pan being raised by these means 

 about an inch above the horizontal shelf on which it is 

 supported. 



In order that the dripping-pan on being pushed into 

 or drawn out of the roaster may be made to preserve its 

 direction, two straight grooves are made in the shelf on 

 which it is supported, which, receiving the sliders of the 

 dripping-pan, prevent it from slipping about from side 

 to side, and striking against the sides of the roaster. 

 The front ends of these grooves are seen in Fig. 14, 

 as are also the front ends of the sliders of the dripping- 

 pan, and one of its handles. 



