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of it, which is made to receive it, a flat iron ring, 

 covered with cement on its under side, is then slipped 

 over the end of the tube within the roaster, and a key 

 of iron, in the form of a wedge, being passed through 

 both sides of the tube in holes prepared to receive it, 

 by driving this wedge-like key with a hammer, the ring 

 is forced downwards, and at the same time the flange 

 of the blowpipe is forced upwards against the bottom of 

 the roaster, by which means the blowpipe is firmly fixed 

 in its place, and the cement makes the joinings air- 

 tight. By removing this key, the pipe may at any 

 time be renioved without deranging the roaster. 



The Fig. 1 9 represents the section of a flat-bottomed 

 roaster. In this there is a shelf on which two pies are 

 seen baking, and a piece of meat is represented lying 

 on the gridiron. 



In the Figs. 14 and 15, pages 257, 261, the front or 

 hither end of the roaster is represented as being turned 

 over a stout iron wire. The first roasters that were 

 constructed were all made in a different manner. The 

 hither end of the roaster was riveted to a broad flat 

 frame, constructed of stout plate iron; and to this 

 frame, or flat front, which projected before the brick- 

 work, the hinges and turn-buckles of the door were 

 fastened. An idea of this manner of constructing the 

 front of a roaster may be formed from the Fig. 21, 

 page 310, although this figure does not represent the 

 front of a roaster, but that of an oven, which will be 

 described presently. 



There is no objection to this method of constructing 

 roasters but the expense of it. 



