384 On the Construction of Kitchen 



As the water which results from this condensation 

 of steam will all return into the boiler, it will seldom 

 be necessary to replenish the boiler with water. 



When cooking is going on in the boiler in cold 

 weather, the steam-stove will supply the place of a 

 cover for the boiler ; but, when the weather is warm, 

 the cover of the boiler may be used instead of it, and 

 the air of the room will be very little heated. 



Steam-stoves on these principles would be found 

 very useful in heating halls and passages, and I think 

 they might be used with advantage for heating elegant 

 apartments. They are susceptible of a variety of beau- 

 tiful forms, and are not liable to any objections that 

 I am aware of. A most elegant steam-stove might be 

 made in the form of a Doric temple, of eight or ten 

 columns, standing on a pedestal. The fire-place might 

 be situated in the pedestal, and the columns and dome 

 of the temple might be of brass or bronze, and made 

 hollow to admit the steam. In the centre of the temple 

 a small statue might be placed as an ornamental deco- 

 ration ; or an Argand's lamp might be placed there to 

 light the room. In case a lamp should be placed in the 

 centre of the temple, there should be a circular opening 

 left in the top of the dome for the passage of the smoke 

 of the lamp. 



The fire under the boiler may be lighted and fed 

 without the room or within it ; or the steam may be 

 brought from a distance in a leaden pipe or copper 

 tube. If the boiler that supplies the steam is situated 

 in the pedestal of the temple, and if the fire is lighted 

 from within the room, the fire-place and ash-pit doors 

 may be masked by tablets and inscriptions. 



But I need not enlarge on the means that may be 



