286 On the Construction of Kitchen 



very much, and will render it easier to make the end 

 of the roaster level to receive the flat surface of its 

 door : it can most easily be made level by placing the 

 cylinder in a vertical or upright position, with its open 

 end downwards, on a flat anvil, and hammering the wire 

 above mentioned till its front edge, which reposes on 

 the anvil, is quite level. 



In order that the door of the roaster may close well, 

 its hinges should be made to project outwards two or 

 three inches beyond the sides of the roaster; and it 

 should be fastened not by a common latch, but by two 

 turn-buckles, situated just opposite to the two hinges. 

 The distance at which the two hinges (and consequently 

 the two turn-buckles) should be placed from each other 

 should be equal to half the diameter of the roaster. 



The hooks for the hinges, and also the support for 

 the turn-buckles, should be situated at the projecting 

 ends of strong iron straps, fastened at one of their ends 

 to the outside of the roaster, by means of riveting-nails. 

 The manner in which these turn-buckles are constructed, 

 and the manner in which they are fastened to the 

 roaster, may be seen by examining Fig. 1 7, where they 

 are represented on a large scale. 



The first roasters that were made were furnished with 

 two separate doors, the one placed about four inches 

 within the body of the roaster, the other even with its 

 front. As the inside door had no hinges, but, like a 

 common oven door, was taken quite away when the 

 roaster was opened, there was some trouble in the 

 management of it ; and it was found that the cooks, to 

 avoid that trouble, frequently threw it away, and used 

 the roaster without it. This contrivance of the cooks 

 to save trouble came very near to discredit the roasters 



