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Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.
B., T., active 1797.Date: 22 May 1797Reference: 26648i
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Specification of Paul Emile Laviron : apparatus for curing smoky chimneys, &c.
Laviron, Paul Emile.Date: 1858
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An essay on the construction and building of chimneys. Including an enquiry into the common causes of their smoaking and the most effectual remedies removing so intolerable a nuisance; with a table to proportion chimneys to the size of the room / By Robert Clavering.
Clavering, RobertDate: 1779
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Specification of William Crane Wilkins : ventilating apparatus, gas burners, &c. : lamps, gas stoves, and heating apparatus : manufacture of candles.
Wilkins, William Crane.Date: 1854
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Specification of James Caparn : machine for dispersing smoke.
Caparn, James.Date: 1854
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Specification of Samuel Austin Chapin : apparatus for subjecting smoke in chimneys to the purifying action of water.
Chapin, Samuel Austin.Date: 1854
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Patent of Thomas Le Grand : preventing chimneys from smoking.
Le Grand, Thomas.Date: 1857
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Specification of Isaac Willson : stove grates.
Willson, Isaac.Date: 1854
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Specification of George Atkins and Henry Marriott : stoves and grates.
Atkins, GeorgeDate: 1854
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An essay on the construction and building of chimneys : including an enquiry into the common causes of their smoking, and the most effectual remedies for removing so intolerable a nuisance ... / By Robert Clavering, builder.
Clavering, RobertDate: 1788
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Specification of John Buddle : fire grate or stove.
Buddle, John.Date: 1854
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A treatise on smoky chimneys : their cure and prevention / by Frederick Edwards, jun.
Edwards, Frederick, Jun.Date: 1875
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Specification of George Searby : curing smoky chimneys and preventing accumulation of soot in flues.
Searby, George.Date: 1854
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Specification of John Warren : apparatus for promoting the escape of smoke, and for extinguishing fires by the exclusion of air.
Warren, JohnDate: 1854
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Chemistry: a kiln (?) and a chemical furnace in use. Engraving, late 18th century.
Reference: 47619i
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Specification of Thomas Wilcox : apparatus to increase the draught of chimneys, &c.
Wilcox, Thomas.Date: 1854
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Observations on the causes and cure of smoky chimneys / By His Excellency Benjamin Franklin ... in a letter to Dr. Ingen-Housz ... Illustrated by a copper plate.
Benjamin FranklinDate: 1787
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A practical treatise on chimneys : containing full directions for preventing or removing smoke in houses. ... / [James Anderson].
James AndersonDate: 1777
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Engineering: a portable pumping engine, used in Egypt. Coloured lithograph, [post 1875].
Reference: 45366i
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Building: plans of the four floors of a town house, showing the layout of flooring joists. Engraving by G. C. Jenkinson, 1847, after M. A. Nicholson.
Nicholson, Michael Angelo, approximately 1796-1841.Date: 2 January 1848Reference: 44312i
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Specification of David Evans : apparatus for sweeping and regulating draught in chimneys.
David EvansDate: 1854
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Specification of John Winter : chimney caps.
Winter, JohnDate: 1854
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Natura, philosophia, & ars in concordia. Or, Nature, philosophy, and art in friendship, an essay. In four parts. I. Demonstrating the necessity and practicability of building all manner of houses proof against fire and vermin ... II. An entire new plan of constructing chimnies so as the smoke cannot reverberate ... III. Plain methods pointed out, by which smoky chimnies may be effectually cured. IV. Certain and easy directions to all mechanics in wood, how to finish houshold [sic] furniture, and the wainscotting of rooms, so as no vermin can exist therein; and also how to cleanse those already infected / By W. Cauty, cabinet-maker.
Cauty, WilliamDate: 1772
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Specification of George Taylor : machinery for sweeping chimneys, funnels, &c.
Taylor, GeorgeDate: 1857
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Drain clearing and chimney sweeping machinery / Abbot & Co.
Abbot & Co.Date: 1932