442 On the Construction of Kitchen 



flat square head, which passes through a hole in the 

 centre of the piece of cast iron. 



The handle of this cover must project on one side, 

 and must be fastened to the metal and not to the wood. 

 A piece of it is seen (at a) in the figure. It may either 

 be cast with the cover, or it may be of wrought iron and 

 fastened to it by rivets. 



The figure, which is a vertical section of the cover, 

 shows the form of it distinctly, and it will be perceived 

 that the piece of cast iron is of a shape which renders 

 it easy to be moulded and cast. The two small pro- 

 jections on the right and left of the hole in the centre 

 of the cover are sections of a circular projection, about 

 i 2 o- of an inch in height, which, as will be seen presently, 

 is designed to serve a particular purpose. In the cir- 

 cumference of this horizontal projecting ring there are 

 three equi-distant projecting blunt points, each about 

 i^ of an inch high above the level of the upper flat 

 surface of the cover, or about ^ of an inch higher than 

 the ring from the upper part of which they project. 

 These three points serve for supporting a shallow dish 

 in which vegetables or any other kind of victuals is 

 put in order to its being cooked in steam. 



Of the Manner of using this simple Apparatus for 

 cooking with Steam. 



This may easily be done in the following manner. 

 The flat circular piece of wood belonging to the cover 

 of this boiler being renioved and the (cast iron) cover 

 being put down upon the boiler, a shallow dish about 

 2 inches less in diameter than the cover at its brim 

 or upper projecting rim, containing the victuals to be 

 cooked in steam, is to be set down upon the cover, just 



