230 On the Construction of Kitchen 



striking proof is this of the enormous waste of fuel in 

 kitchens in this country ! 



Would to God that I could contrive to fix the public 

 attention on this subject. 



Nothing surely is so disgraceful to society and to 

 individuals as unmeaning wastefulness. 



But to return to the attack of my smoke-jack ; which 

 (although it be a wind-mill} is certainly not a giant, and 

 cannot be personally formidable, however it may expose 

 me to another species of danger. 



There is one objection to smoke-jacks that must 

 be quite conclusive wherever the improvements I have 

 recommended, and shall recommend, in kitchen fire- 

 places, are to be introduced. Where smoke-jacks exist, 

 these improvements cannot be introduced, it being quite 

 impracticable to unite them. 



On a supposition that I have gained my point, and 

 that the smoke-jack is to be removed, I shall now pro- 

 ceed to propose several alterations and improvements 

 that may be made in the kitchen range. 



And, first, all ovens, boilers, steam-boilers, etc., which 

 are connected with the back and ends of the range, 

 and heated by the fire made in the grate, should be 

 detached from it; and for each of the ovens, boilers, etc., 

 a small, separate, closed fire-place must be constructed, 

 situated directly under the oven or boiler, and furnished 

 with a separate canal for carrying its smoke into the 

 kitchen chimney, which separate canal may open into 

 the chimney about a foot above the level of the mantel. 



There is nothing so wasteful as the attempt to heat 

 ovens and boilers by heat drawn off laterally from a fire 

 in an open grate. The consumption of fuel is enormous, 

 to say nothing of the expense of the machinery, and the 



