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they are properly constructed and managed, they may 

 be heated over a small portable Furnace in a very 

 short Time, and with a surprisingly small Quantity 

 of Fuel. Descriptions of four of these Tea-kettles of 

 different Forms and Sizes. Description of several 

 very SIMPLE and CHEAP STEWPANS/br portable Fur- 

 naces. Description of a STEWPAN <?/" EARTHEN-WARE 

 on an improved Construction. This will probably 

 turn out to be a most useful Utensil for cooking with 

 portable Furnaces. 



AS tea-kettles are so much used in this country, 

 and as they occasion so great a consumption of 

 fuel (a large fire being frequently made in a grate or 

 kitchen range, morning and evening, for the sole pur- 

 pose of heating a few pints of water to make tea), the 

 saving of this unnecessary trouble and expense is an 

 object deserving of attention. And in doing this it 

 will be possible to improve very essentially the forms of 

 tea-kettles in several respects, and at the same time to 

 render their external appearance more neat and cleanly. 

 If the forms I shall recommend should not happen 

 to please at first sight, it should be remembered that 

 utility, cleanliness, and wholesomeness are objects of 

 more importance in cases like that in question than 

 mere elegance of form ; and, after all, I am not sure 

 whether the forms I shall propose are not in reality 

 quite as elegant as those with which they will be com- 

 pared. They will, no doubt, at first sight appear 

 uncouth to many persons, but the eye will soon become 

 accustomed to them ; and their superior cheapness, 

 cleanliness, and usefulness will in the end procure 

 them that preference which they deserve. They may, 



