And as another evidence of rising wind, a jerk of it came down the flue, rattling the fender of a disused grate.

A brick flue does not come under the same category, but remains.

His throat was like a furnace flue, his mouth held the taste of leather.

I wish you would build me, among your buildings, some small Prophet Chamber, fifteen feet square, with a flue for smoking, sacred from all noises of dogs, cocks, and piano-fortes, engaging some dumb old woman to light a fire for me daily, and boil some kind of a kettle.

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The smoke rises up at the back of the boiler, and proceeds through the flue F along one side to the front, and returns along the other side of the boiler, and then ascends the chimney.

The smoke and flame, when they reach the end of the boiler, pass in this case through an iron flue or tube, reaching from end to end of the boiler; and on arriving at the front of the boiler, the smoke splits or separatesone half passing through a flue on the one side of the boiler, and the other half passing through a flue on the other side of the boilerboth of these flues having their debouch in the chimney.

The smoke and flame, when they reach the end of the boiler, pass in this case through an iron flue or tube, reaching from end to end of the boiler; and on arriving at the front of the boiler, the smoke splits or separatesone half passing through a flue on the one side of the boiler, and the other half passing through a flue on the other side of the boilerboth of these flues having their debouch in the chimney.

The smoke and flame, when they reach the end of the boiler, pass in this case through an iron flue or tube, reaching from end to end of the boiler; and on arriving at the front of the boiler, the smoke splits or separatesone half passing through a flue on the one side of the boiler, and the other half passing through a flue on the other side of the boilerboth of these flues having their debouch in the chimney.

A.The draught through the furnaces of land boilers is regulated by a plate of metal or a damper, as it is called, which slides like a sluice up and down in the flue, and this damper is closed more or less when the intensity of the fire has to be moderated.

In this boiler a large internal cylinder or flue runs from end to end.

The smoke, after passing through the central flue, circulates round the sides and beneath the bottom of the boiler before its final escape into the chimney.

A.These are of two classes, flue boilers and tubular boilers, but the latter are now most used.

In the flue boiler the furnaces are set within the boiler, and the flues proceeding from them wind backwards and forwards within the boiler until finally they meet and enter the chimney.

6, 7, and 8 are different views of the flue boilers of the steamer Forth.

16 is a longitudinal section of a boiler of the drop flue variety.

Strange beasts, more strange than the giraffe, You conjure up to view, The flue-box and the forking-calf, Unknown at any Zoo; And new vocations you unfold, Wonder on wonder heaping, Hell-banging for the over-bold, And toffee-cavern keeping.

One of these towers, in its entire capacity, from height to depth, constituted the kitchen of the ancient castle, and is still used for domestic purposes, although it has not, nor ever had, a chimney; or we might rather say, it is itself one vast chimney, with a hearth of thirty feet square, and a flue and aperture of the same size.

Flue bricks, for the passage of smoke under floors and in other situations, are sometimes found.

When the origin of this fire came to be traced out, it was found that it was due to one brick being left out in a flue.

"HOME, JOHN!"] * * * * * "Mr. will play the flue obbligato for Miss , and none better could be found.

As stoves are generally constructed, it is necessary for the heat to pass over the top, down the back, and under the bottom of the oven before escaping into the flue, in order to properly heat the oven for baking.

The simplest form of such a ventilator this inverted hopper of sheet iron fitted above the range, the upper and smaller end opening into a large flue adjacent to the smoke flue for the range.

The simplest form of such a ventilator this inverted hopper of sheet iron fitted above the range, the upper and smaller end opening into a large flue adjacent to the smoke flue for the range.

All stationary cupboards and closets should have a ventilating flue connected with the main shaft by which the house is ventilated, or directly communicating with the outer air.