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 W3'2 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1842 the fire is seen, although burning in a close stove. Having shown in what manner lieat Is produced by this stove, it remains for me to describe the receiver, or that portion of it by which heat is applied. The receiver is connected with the fuel-chamber, at the lateral outlet before mentioned. It is made of iron, and sometimes consists of one vertical tube, sometimes of numerous parallel and vertical tubes, and sometimes of one or more tortuous tubes or pipes. But, whatever may be its form, three things are uniformly observed in its structure; viz., to expose the greatest possible surface to the cooling agency of the air, to govern the extremity of the tube with a damper, which has the double office of regulating the rate of burning, and of compressing the elastic contents to facilitate the escape of the heat; and, lastly, to attach a ventilator, which, upon being opened, allows the air of the room to enter the receiver, and thus at the same moment cools it and ventilates the room. A review of the foregoing imperfect description, and an exa- mination of the stove itself, will convince every one of the novelty of its structure. It differs materially from the furnace of Watt, and that of Perkins; the only ones to which it has any resemblance, even in shape. As a practical proof of the soundness of the principles here detailed, it may be mentioned, that stone coals, and even black lead, burn with freedom in these stoves, though with only a moderate draught, while the same description of fuel requires an intense draught to be imperfectly consumed in ordinary stoves." Figs. 1840 and 1841 are perspective views of two forms of Nott's stove, suit- able for situations where height can be obtained. Fig. 1840 is six feet nine inches high, two feet wide in front in the lower part, and one foot seven inches thick, and costs ten guineas. Fig. 1841 is six feet four inches high, one foot five inches and a half wide, and one foot five inches and a half thick; and costs eight guineas. Fig. 1842 is a form adopted in situations where much height cannot be obtained, or as a handsome substitute for an open fireplace : it is three feet one inch high, two feet nine inches wide, and one foot two inches thick ; and costs twelve guineas. Wherever an iron stove is to be used, we are inclined to believe that this will be found the most economical : it is decidedly the most scientific in its construc- tion, and, having had one of them in use for a short time, we can assert that the shining of the fire through he talc window has a very cheerful appearance. 2060. Other Stoves might be men- tioned, possessing different degrees of merit. One, in the form of a vase, invented by Burges, and manufac- tured at Birmingham by Gough and Rowan, has been strongly recom- mended, as showing the fire, and radiating heat through openings in the cover of the vase, yet not heating the iron so strongly as to decompose the water in the air of the room. The common Dutch stoves, formed of thin plate iron, and covered with a casing of the same material about an inch distant from the stove and its tube, we know to be very economical and effective, where charcoal, or fuel which burns well and produces very little smoke, is used. By means of the casing, a continual current of air is kept passing over the heated surface, and thus rapidly carries off the heat, and dis- perses It through the room, or wherever it may be desired. 2061. Moser's open Fireplace for Rooms we consider one of the very best that has been invented. Fig. 1843 is one of the plainest kind of these grates, which we have had in use in our library for upwards of five years, to our entire satisfaction. The fluted back and sides of the fire-chamber are formed of fire-clay in four lumps : two of these, which enclose the lower part, are thicker than the others, and form a secure basis for them to stand on, without any description of fastening. These blocks are manufactured by Tatnell, Whitecross Street, Southwark, London, at the rate of 46s. for a fireplace of the dimensions of that figured. They are also manufactured at Stourbridge, and may be made wherever fire-loam or fire-clay (which is an argil very free from sand) can be procured. Our fireplace was furnished by Mr. Methley, ironmonger, of Frith Street, London, successor to Mr. Moser. The card-case shown over the mantel-shelf may be v>forth the notice of Architects and other professional men. The lower range of divisions