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Dewhurst, W. H. Esq., Surgeon-Accoucheur, Author of a Dictionary of 

 Anatomy, Physiology, &c. : Practical Observations on the New System 

 of warming Dwelling-houses, Cathedrals, Churches, Theatres, and other 

 Public Buildings, with Hot Water ; together with a Description of the 

 dangerous and uncertain Effects produced by the Employment of heated 

 Air; to which is added, some Remarks on the Importance of an equa- 

 bility of Temperature, and Cure of Cholera and other Diseases. Lon- 

 don, 1832. Printed for the Author, 8. Gower Place, Euston Square. 2s. 



Mr. Dewhurst is warm in his recommendation of hot water as a means 

 of heating. He quotes Dr. Arnott, whose Elements of Physics every 

 gardener who can afford it ought to possess, to show that " a fourth f)art 

 of the fuel generally expended in English houses, if more skilfully used, 

 would better secure comfort and health than all which is now expended." 

 Mr. Devvhurst speaks of a Major-general Viney's boiler, as if it were the 

 lie j)Ius ultra of perfection, and as affording sufficient room for the "perfect 

 combustion of the fuel." We should wish Mr. Dewhurst to explain to us, 

 in a few words, how the combustion of fuel can possibly be perfect, imme- 

 diately under or beside any hot-water or steam boiler whatever; the 

 thing is impossible, for reasons which we have given in page 2(i. Mr. 

 Dewhurst's tract deserves to be read, if it were only for his remarks on the 

 abodes of the poor. 



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