A practical treatise on the construction of chimneys : containing an examination of the common mode in which they are built : with an accurate description of the newly-invented tunnel, demonstrating its utility and safety, its importance in superseding the painful practice of employing climbing-boys, the remedy which it affords for the nuisance of smoky flues, and the advantages to be derived from its rendering those lofty shafts, with their numerous unsightly contrivances at present in use, entirely unnecessary : together with complete instructions for its adoption, whereby a competent judgment may be formed of the causes which prevent the free ascent of smoke in chimneys, and workmen may be enabled to apply a cure for so serious an evil : also tables and calculations, by which estimates of the expense can be framed / by John William Hiort ... ; illustrated with plates.

Main entry:

Hiort, John William, 1772-1861.

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Publication:

London : Printed and Published for the author by Winchester and Varnham ..., 1826.

Description:

vii, [1], 58 pages, 4 folded leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Supplement to Mr. Hiort's treatise on the architectural construction of chimneys, 15 p. at end; and, Note for the information of the public, 8 p. at end.

Subject:

Chimneys.
Cheminées.
chimneys (architectural elements)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 12062
Call No.: W6031; ID:87-B3198
Status: Available

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