 ... any considerable degree of heat , and consequently not having much elasticity. The current of warm air from the room which presses into the chimney crosses upon the current of heavy smoke which rises slowly from the fire, obstructs it in its ascent,...  How to furnish a house and make it a home - Pàgina 161per How - 1855Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1825 - 342 pàgines
...constructed, that this current of warm air from the room, which presses into the chimney, crossing upon the current of heavy smoke which rises slowly...and beats it back into the room : hence it is that chimnies co eften smoke when too large a quantity of fresh coal is put upon the fire. To cause as many... | |
 | Samuel Frederick Gray, Arthur Livermore Porter - 1830 - 480 pàgines
...not unfrequently, that the current of warm air from the room which presses into the chimney crossing upon the current of heavy smoke which rises slowly...often smoke when too large a quantity of fresh coals la put upon the fire. So many coals should never be put upon the fire at once, as to prevent the free... | |
 | 1836 - 784 pàgines
...upon the current of heavy smoke and aqueous vapour which escapes slowly from the fire, obstructs it iu its ascent, and beats it back into the room. Hence it is that chimnies so often smoke when too large a quantity of fresh coals is put upon the fire. So many coals... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1859 - 396 pàgines
...the current of heavy smoke which rises s owly from the fire, obstructs it in its ascent, and beals it back into the room ; hence it is that chimneys....coals is put upon the fire. So many coals should nover be put upon the fire at once as to prevent the free passage of the flame between them. In short,... | |
 | C Vincent Bernard - 1860 - 174 pàgines
...chimney fires, and particularly where coals are burned, are commonly managed by servants and others. " They throw on a load of coals at once, through which...large a quantity of fresh coals is put upon the fire. In short, a fire should never be smothered; and when proper attention is paid to the quantity of coals... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1871 - 414 pàgines
...rises slowly from the fire, obstructs it in its ascent, and beats it back into the Fires, Lighting, &c. room ; hence it is that chimneys so often smoke when too large a quantity of fresh coal is put upon the fire. So many coals should never be put upon the fire at once as to prevent the... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1883 - 170 pàgines
...is still worse, the throat of the chimney is occupied merely by a heavy dense vapour, not possesed of any considerable degree of heat , and consequently...so often smoke when too large a quantity of fresh coal is put upon the fire. So many coals should never be put upon the fire at once as to prevent the... | |
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