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boiler or boilers, and after this be used for supplying the 

 bed-rooms and bath-room, and the housemaid, etc., with 

 hot water for general use, as Kumford did in his house at 

 Brompton Row, where his chimney terminated in metal 

 pipes that passed through a water-tank at the top of the 

 house. 



Linen-closets may also be warmed by this residual heat. 



The fifth rule is also violated to an extent that renders 

 the words uttered by Rumford nearly a century ago as ap- 

 plicable now as then. He said, "Nothing is so ill-judged 

 as most of those attempts that are frequently made by ig- 

 norant projectors to force the same fire to perform different 

 services at the same time." 



Note the last words, "same time." In the uses above 

 mentioned the heat does different work successively, which 

 is quite different from the common practice of having flues 

 to .turn the flame of one fire in opposite directions, to split 

 ks heat and make one fireplace appear to do the work of 

 two. 



Every householder knows that the kitchen fire, whether 

 it be an old-fashioned open fireplace, or a modern kitchener 

 of any improved construction, is a very costly affair. He 

 knows that its wasteful work produces the chief item of his 

 coal bill, but somehow or other he is helpless under its in- 

 fliction. If he has given any special attention to the sub- 

 ject he has probably tried three or four different kinds with- 

 out finding any notable relief. Why is this? I venture to 

 make a reply that will cover 90 per cent, or probably 99 

 per cent of these cases, viz., that he has never considered 

 the main source of waste, which Rumford so clearly defines 

 as above, and which was eliminated in all the kitchens that 

 he erected. 



Let us suppose the case of a household of ten persons, 

 but which in the ordinary course of English hospitality 

 sometimes entertains twice that number. What do we find 

 in the kitchen arrangements? Simply that there is oi:e 

 fireplace suited for the maximum requirements, i.e., suffi- 

 cient for twenty, even though that number may not be en- 

 tertained more than half a dozen times in the course of a 

 year. To cook a few rashers of bacon, boil a few eggs, and 



