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On the Construction of Kitchen 



boiler represented by the Fig. 82, and particularly 

 described in the last chapter. 



Of earthen Boilers and Stcwpans praper to be used 

 with portable Furnaces. 



Although the earthen stevvpan represented by the 

 Fig. 74 (see chapter XII.) is of a good form, yet those 

 represented by the two following figures have likewise 

 their peculiar merit. They are of forms which render 

 them well adapted for being suspended in hollow cyl- 

 inders of sheet iron, and for their being defended by 

 those cylinders from being broken by accidental falls 

 and blows. From a bare view of them the reader will 



Fig. 83. 



Fig. 84. 





be able to appreciate their relative merit, and also to 

 discover the particular objects had in view in the con- 

 trivance of them. The second (Fig. 84) has a steam- 

 rim, and consequently may be used for cooking with 

 steam by means of a steam-dish. 



It would no doubt be very possible to construct 

 earthen boilers and stew r pans of such forms as to ren- 

 der them capable of being used with portable furnaces 

 without being suspended in hollow cylinders. An 

 earthen stewpan or saucepan, of the form represented 

 by the following figure, would probably answer for that 

 purpose : 



