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etc., is finally settled, a ground plan of the whole of the 

 machinery should be traced on the plan of the room ; 

 and a sufficient number of sections and elevations should 

 be drawn to show the situations, forms, and dimensions 

 of the fire-places, and of all the other parts of the appa- 

 ratus. 



When this is done, and when the boilers and the 

 materials for building are provided, and every thing 

 else that can be wanted in fitting up the kitchen is in 

 readiness, the architect or amateur may proceed to the 

 laying out of the work. 



As this will not be found to be difficult, and as it is 

 really a most amusing occupation, I cannot help recom- 

 mending it very earnestly to gentlemen, and even to 

 ladies, to superintend and direct these works. 



I don't know what opinion others may entertain of 

 these amusements, but with regard to myself I own that 

 I know of nothing more interesting than the planning 

 and executing of machinery, by which the powers of 

 Nature are made subservient to my views, by which 

 the very elements are bound as it were in chains, and 

 made to obey my despotic commands ; and not my 

 commands alone, but those of all the human race, to 

 whose necessities and comforts they are made the faith- ' 

 ful and obedient ministers. 



The first thing to be done in laying out the work 

 when a kitchen is to be fitted up is to draw with red or 

 white chalk, or with a coal, a ground plan of the brick- 

 work, of the full size, on the floor or pavement of the 

 room. When the kitchen is neither paved nor floored, 

 this drawing must, of course, be made on the ground. 

 In this drawing, the ash-pits and the passages leading 

 to them must be marked ; and, when the ash-pit is to be 



