CHIMNEY FIREPLACES, 



WITH 



PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING THEM TO SAVE FUEL; 

 TO RENDER DWELLING-HOUSES MORE COMFORT- 

 ABLE AND SALUBRIOUS, AND EFFECTUALLY TO 

 PREVENT CHIMNEYS FROM SMOKING. 



CHAPTER I. 



Fireplaces for burning Coals, or Wood, in an open Chimney ', 

 are capable of great Improvement. Smoking Chimneys 

 may in all cases be completely cured. The immoderate 

 Size of the Throats of Chimneys the principal Cause of all 

 their Imperfections. Philosophical Investigation of the 

 Subject. Remedies proposed for all the Defects that have 

 been discovered in Chimneys and their open Fireplaces. 

 These Remedies applicable to Chimneys destined for burning 

 Wood, or Tur^ as well as those constructed for burning 

 Coals. 



F H ^HE plague of a smoking chimney is proverbial; 

 A but there are many other very great defects in open 

 fireplaces, as they are now commonly constructed in 

 this country, and indeed throughout Europe, which, 

 being less obvious, are seldom attended to ; and there 

 are some of them very fatal in their consequences to 

 health ; and, I am persuaded, cost the lives of thou- 

 sands every year in this island. 



Those cold and chilling draughts of air on one side 

 of the body while the other side is scorched by a chim- 



