The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 6Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856 |
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... door , must now be fetched near one hundred miles to some towns , and makes a very considerable article in the expense of families . As therefore so much of the comfort and conveniency of PENNSYLVANIAN FIRE - PLACES . 35.
... door , must now be fetched near one hundred miles to some towns , and makes a very considerable article in the expense of families . As therefore so much of the comfort and conveniency of PENNSYLVANIAN FIRE - PLACES . 35.
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... doors and windows , or , if they be shut , through every cre- vice with violence , as may be seen by holding a candle to a key - hole . If the room be so tight as that all the crevices together will not supply so much air as is con ...
... doors and windows , or , if they be shut , through every cre- vice with violence , as may be seen by holding a candle to a key - hole . If the room be so tight as that all the crevices together will not supply so much air as is con ...
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... doors opening into the room . 5. The German stoves , which have no opening in the room where they are used , but the fire is ... door be not left open ; that they require * a large funnel , and a large funnel carries 38 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
... doors opening into the room . 5. The German stoves , which have no opening in the room where they are used , but the fire is ... door be not left open ; that they require * a large funnel , and a large funnel carries 38 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
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... door can seldom be shut ; and the cold air so nips the backs and heels of those that sit before the fire , that they have no comfort till either screens or settles are provided ( at a considerable expense ) to keep it off , which both ...
... door can seldom be shut ; and the cold air so nips the backs and heels of those that sit before the fire , that they have no comfort till either screens or settles are provided ( at a considerable expense ) to keep it off , which both ...
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... door to be shut , yet , the funnel still requiring a con- siderable quantity of air , it rushes in at every crevice so strongly , as to make a continual whistling or howl- ing ; and it is very uncomfortable , as well as dangerous , to ...
... door to be shut , yet , the funnel still requiring a con- siderable quantity of air , it rushes in at every crevice so strongly , as to make a continual whistling or howl- ing ; and it is very uncomfortable , as well as dangerous , to ...
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