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ment of heat and the saving of fuel, and to various 

 other mechanical contrivances by which domestic 

 comfort and economy may be promoted, submitted to 

 the public by A.B.' Dated January 1, 1796. Count 

 Eumford begins by saying that no person shall find 

 means to make a job of the proposed establishment. 

 That the general arrangement of the establishment and 

 all its details shall be left to the author of these pro- 

 posals, who will be responsible for their success. He 

 engages, however, in the prosecution of this business 

 to adhere faithfully to the plan here proposed, and 

 never to depart from it on any pretence whatever. 



He proposed first to establish a public kitchen with 

 every useful invention and improvement by which fuel 

 may be saved. 



As soon as the measures for feeding the poor and giving 

 them employment are carried into execution the secondary, 

 object will be attended to the formation of a grand 

 repository of all kinds of useful mechanical inventions, 

 particularly such as relate to furnishing houses and are 

 calculated to promote domestic comfort and economy. 



He concluded thus : l The author of these proposals will 

 think himself most amply repaid for any trouble he may 

 have taken in the execution of this scheme by the heartfelt 

 satisfaction he will enjoy in the reflection of having been 

 instrumental in doing essential service to mankind.' 



In the summer of 1796 a conversation took place 

 between the Bishop of Durham, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. 

 Bernard, and the Honourable Edward James Eliot, and 

 in consequence of this a society was formed for 

 encouraging industry and promoting the welfare of the 

 poor. 



