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Fig. 171. is a ground plan of a portion of this house, show- 

 ing the entrance at a ; a partition, by which a part of the house 

 may be treated as a stove, b b ; the hot-water pipes, c c ; the 

 stage for green-house plants, d ; cistern for water in the stove 

 division, e ; and box for Musa Cavendishu, f. The cistern 

 and the box are formed of slabs of slate, held together by iron 



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bolts, which pass through the two opposite plates, and are made 

 fast with screws and nuts. 



Fig. 170. h, g, h, is a vertical profile of part of a ridge on a large 

 scale, in which g is the ridge piece, or crown of the ridge; and 

 h h the gutters or furrows. The width of these ridges, from 

 furrow to furrow, is about 6 ft. ; and the height, from the level of 

 the furrow to the crown of the ridge, is about 3 ft. The advantages 

 attending this kind of house have been already noticed, p. 452. 



