THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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PATENT SMOKE-CONSUMING STOVE. 



oxide that may escape, and thus economise fuel. The 

 pipe, F, can be closed to reirnlate tlie feed of fresh 

 air. The atmosphere is admitted thronf;-h the hollow 

 cone at K, and passes up as shown by the arrows, 

 then out by pipe, M. The laroe part of the cone 

 being placed near the pipe, J, it compresses the 

 smoke into a smaller space before it reaches the top, 

 where it expands and creates a partial vacuum, thus 

 combininor the element of an artificial draft without 

 the employment of any mechanical force to do so. 

 This furnace, therefore, must always draw well. If 

 applied to burn bituminous coal, from which much 

 volatile matter escapes, the supply of fresh air by the 

 hollow cone, if any flame passes up, will saturate the 

 gas with air so as \o render it combustible, and burn, 



and thus this stove will be a smoke-consuming one, 

 well adapted for all places where they burn bitumi- 

 nous coal. The arrows show the reversing draft 

 of heated air to support combustion when F is 

 closed ; a good arrangement. 



We feel confident that this ingenious apparatus 

 will burn not only wood-coal, but dry hard wood, in 

 a very profitable manner. TTow to make the most 

 of all heat contained in a latent state in any fuel, is 

 a question of great importance in household economy. 

 Millions would be saved in this country, and yet have 

 rooms far more comfortable than they now are, if the 

 wise use of fuel generally prevailed. The annual cost 

 of fuel is one of the largest items of house-keeping, 

 and the expense in this line is steadily on the increase. 



