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The smoke from the small boiler T, and from the 

 stewpans U and W, goes off immediately by separate 

 horizontal canals into their separate vertical canals (/, &, 

 and w] that open into the chimney, at the height of 

 about 15 inches above the mantel of the open chimney 

 fire-place ; and all the vertical canals, by which the smoke 

 goes into the chimney, are furnished with dampers. 



The side b c of the mass of brick-work is placed against 

 the middle of one side of the kitchen, which is a large 

 room ; and the walls of the open chimney fire-place 

 g h i k are carried up perpendicularly to the ceiling of 

 the room. The hearth / m n o is on a level with the 

 top of the brick-work in which .the boilers are set. 



As the principal boilers are deep, in order to provide' 

 sufficient room for them and a sufficient depth for their 

 ash-pits, the foundation of the quadrangular mass of 

 brick- work abed was raised 1 6 inches above the pave- 

 ment of the kitchen ; and on the three sides of the mass 

 of brick-work a b, a d, and d c, which project into the 

 room, there are two steps, 8 inches in height each, which 

 extend the whole length of each of those sides ; and 

 for greater convenience in approaching the boilers the 

 uppermost step is made 2 feet wide, and the area y is 

 on a level with the top of this wide step. The ash-pit 

 doors of the principal boilers are placed in the front of 

 this step, and the bottoms of the passages or door-ways 

 into their fire-places, by which the fuel is introduced, are 

 situated just on a level with its upper surface. 



The mass of brick-work in which the boilers are placed 

 is 10 feet 9 inches long, and 8 feet 2 inches wide; and 

 it is elevated to the height of about 3 feet 2 inches above 

 the top of the upper broad step, by which it is surrounded 

 on three sides, and on which it appears to stand. 



