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we fliall only relate and defcribe what is moft ef^ 
fential. 
I. A Kang Is a kind of flove, that is heated by 
means of a furnace, which cafts all its heat into it. 
hlany kinds of iloves, ovens, and furnaces, have in- 
deed been contrived beyond fea, which are fome- 
what like this ; but the Chinefe feemed to have found 
means to unite all their conveniences and ufes in 
the Kang. They are of various forts, the Kang with 
a pavement, or Ti-Kang ; the Ka?tg for fitting peo- 
ple, or Koa-Kang ; and the chimney Katigy or ‘To 7 ig~ 
Kang. As they are all made upon the fame prin- 
ciple, we fhall confine ourfelvcs to the -defeription 
of the Kao-Kangy from which the model (Tab. iii.) 
is taken. 
The parts of a Kang are, i. a furnace j 2. a pipe 
for the heat} 3. a brick ftovej 4. two funnels for 
the fmoke. 
The furnace is proportioned to the fize of the 
ftove it is intended to heat. A is the afli hole. B 
the cellar. C the furnace. D the flit, or mouth, 
that conveys the flame and heat into the flove. 
E The pipe or conductor for the heat. F begins at 
tlie mouth of the furnace, and forms a channel 
which falls in a right angle upon a fecond, that 
goes quite through under the middle of the floor ; 
and this lafl; pipe has vent holes, G, here and there. 
The ftove is a pavement made of bricks, H, which 
being fupported at the four corners by little folid 
piles, I, leaves a hollow fpace between them and the 
under pavement, where the heat remains pent up, 
and warms the floor. The fmoke funnels are at both 
ends of the ftove L, with a little opening M upon 
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