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Observations on smoky chimneys, their causes and cure; with considerations on fuel and stoves. Illustrated with proper figures. / By Benjamin Franklin, LL.D.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Contributor:
Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799.
Ruston, Thomas, approximately 1739-1804.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Chimneys.
Penn Provenance:
Rice, Norman N. (donor)
Physical Description:
iv, 80 pages : 1 illustration, II folded plates ; 21 cm
Place of Publication:
London : I. and J. Taylor, 1793.
Notes:
Previously published under title: Observations on the causes and cure of smoky chimneys.
Contains two pieces printed in the Transactions of the American philosophical society, v. 2, 1786: A letter from Dr. B. Franklin to Dr. Ingenhausz, and Description of a new stove for burning of pitcoal, and consuming all its smoke, by Dr. B. Franklin; also a letter from Thomas Ruston to Benjamin Franklin.
Local Notes:
Bound with Clavering, Robert. An essay on the construction of chimneys. London, 1793.
OCLC:
12401561

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