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it is necessary that the handle of the saucepan should 

 be bended upwards, so as to be above the level of the 

 brim of the saucepan ; otherwise, when the saucepan 

 is in its place, there would not be room between the 

 handle and the surface of the brick-work for the fingers 

 to pass in taking hold of the handle to remove the sauce- 

 pan. This is evident from a bare inspection of the fol- 

 lowing figure (27), which represents the section of a 

 saucepan constructed on the plan here proposed, fitted 

 into its fire-place. 



Fig. 27. 



There should be a round hole, about a \ of an inch 

 in diameter, near the end of the handle, by which the 

 saucepan may occasionally be hung up on a nail or 

 peg when it is not in use. The cover belonging to the 

 saucepan may be hung up on the same nail or peg, 

 by means of the projection of its rim. 



These will be thought trifling matters ; but it must 

 not be forgotten that convenience and the economy of 

 time are often the result of attention to the arrange- 

 ment of things apparently of little importance. 



In constructing the cover of a saucepan, care must 

 be taken to avoid a fault, into which it is easy to fall, 



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