450 On the Construction of Kitchen 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Miscellaneous Observations respecting culinary Utensils 

 of various Kinds, etc. Of cfteap Boilers of Tin and 

 of cast Iron, suitable to be used with portable Fur- 

 naces. Of earthen Boilers and Stewpans proper 

 for the same Use. Of LARGE PORTABLE KITCHEN 

 FURNACES, with Fire-place Doors. Description of 

 a very cheap SQUARE BOILER of sheet Iron, suitable 

 for a PUBLIC KITCHEN. Of PORTABLE BOILERS and 

 Fire-places that would be very useful for preparing 

 Food for the Poor in Times of Scarcity. Of the 

 ECONOMY OF HOUSE-ROOM in the Arrangement of a 

 Kitchen for a large Family. A short Account of 

 /// COTTAGE GRATE and of a small GRIDIRON GRATE 

 for open Chimney Fire-places. A Description of a 

 DOUBLE DOOR for closed Fire-places. 



A LTHOUGH my Essays are professedly expert- 

 <L\- mental, and I seldom or never presume to trouble 

 the public with mere speculations, or to recommend 

 any mechanical contrivance till I have been convinced 

 of its utility by actual experiment, yet my inquiries 

 have been so numerous and so varied that I am fre- 

 quently apprehensive of embarrassing my reader, and 

 perhaps tiring and disgusting him by too great a vari- 

 ety of detail. To avoid that evil (which would be fatal 

 to all my hopes) I shall, in this chapter, pass as rapidly 

 as possible over a great number of different objects, 

 many of which will, no doubt, be considered as curious 

 and important. And to relieve the attention of the 

 reader, and also to make it easy for him to pass over 



