208 On the Construction of Kitchen 



several boilers of different depths in the same fire-place ; 

 a convenience of no small importance in the kitchen of 

 a private gentleman, who occasionally gives dinners to 

 large companies. 



It will be perceived that, in the fire-places of all the 

 stewpans and saucepans, there are circular flues which 

 oblige the flame to make one complete turn round the 

 sides of the vessel, before it goes off into the horizontal 

 canal ; but I am far from being sure that the saving of 

 fuel arising from this peculiar arrangement is sufficient 

 to counterbalance the loss of that great convenience that 

 results from being able to use indifferently stewpans and 

 saucepans of different depths in the same stove, which 

 cannot be obtained while these circular flues remain. 



They will, indeed, be rendered unnecessary, provided 

 that the flame be made to divide under the bottom of 

 the vessel (which may be done by causing it to enter the 

 horizontal canal by two opposite openings), and provided 

 that this canal be furnished with a good damper, which 

 ought never to be omitted. Although, to avoid the con- 

 fusion that is apt to result from the delineation of a 

 multitude of different objects in the same drawing, the 

 dampers to the canals are all omitted in these plans, 

 they must on no account be left out in practice, for 

 they are of such importance that there is no possibility 

 of managing fires properly without them ; and as it is 

 of very little importance whether they be placed near 

 the fire or far from it, or what is their form, provided 

 they be so constructed as to diminish at pleasure, and 

 occasionally to close entirely the canal by which the 

 smoke makes its escape, it is not necessary for me to 

 give any particular directions how they are to be made ; 

 indeed, their construction is so very simple, and so 



