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of the bottom of the lower boiler, upon the top of the 

 hollow cylindrical mass of brick-work which constitutes 

 the fire-place, the smoke is obliged to pass up between 

 the inside of this cylinder and the outside of the lower 

 boiler and to strike against the flat bottom of the upper 

 boiler. It then passes horizontally over the top of this 

 cylinder, and, turning downwards into the space which 

 is left for it between the outside of this short cylinder 

 and the great cylinder of sheet iron in which the boiler 

 is suspended, it passes off by the small horizontal tube 

 which carries it to the chimney. 



This short cylinder is so distinctly represented in the 

 figure that letters of reference are quite unnecessary. 



A piece of brick or of fire-stone, about 2% inches 

 thick, is supposed to be attached to the inside of the 

 fire-place door, to prevent its being too much heated 

 by the fire ; and this is represented in the figure by 

 dotted lines. The knobs in the fire-place door and in 

 the door of the ash-pit are designed to be used as a 

 handle in opening them. 



This portable fire-place may have two strong handles 

 for transporting it from place to place; and, as the 

 boiler may be removed and carried separately, the fire- 

 place will not be too heavy to be carried very conven- 

 iently by two men. 



Without stopping to expatiate on the usefulness of 

 this new implement of cookery, I shall proceed to show 

 how its utility may be made still more extensive. With 

 a trifling additional expense it may be changed into 

 one of the very best stoves for warming a room in cold 

 weather that can be contrived. I say one of the very 

 best, for it will warm the air of the room without its 

 being possible for it ever to heat it so much as to make 



