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On the Construction of Kitchen 



Description of a UNIVERSAL KITCHEN BOILER for the 

 Use of small Families, to answer all the Purposes of 

 Cookery ; and also for boiling Water for Washing, etc. 



THE following figure represents a vertical section 

 of this boiler, and also of its fire-place and cover. 

 This boiler is supposed to be made of cast iron, and 

 its section is represented by a double line. The lower 



part of it, which is represented as being filled about 

 half full with water, is 12 inches in diameter above, 

 about 1 1 inches in diameter below, and 9! inches deep. 

 The upper part of it, which is furnished with a steam- 

 rim, is 24 incfies in diameter above where its steam- 

 rim begins and 23 inches in diameter below where 

 it joins the flat part which unites it to the lower part 

 of the boiler. 



The lower part of this boiler (which might, without 

 any impropriety, be called the lower boiler] is destined 

 for containing the soup or the water that is made to 

 boil, while the upper and broader part is used for boil- 

 ing with steam. The brim of the lower boiler projects 

 upward, about an inch above the level of the flat bot- 



