Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1885 — Warming Booms. [ARTICLE]

Warming Booms.

A correspondent writing from says: “If all the little details tending to better the common welfare of every nation were gathered together and centered in one nation, that nation would be a happy one, but I think it would still grumble. To give an example or two of what I mean: In England the ordinary method of warming a room is by means of an open fire. It is a very cheerful way, certainly, but very dear, because not half the warmth given out by the burning coal is radiated into the room. It goes up the chimney. In France there is improvement by using stoves. Here in Austria it is still better. The stoves are large; about six feet high and two broad, but have a small place for the fire. So, Avhen the fire is kindled, heat is given out to the sides of the stoves before it can lose itself in the flue. In Russia the stoves have a number of flues, usually six, up the first of which the heatedsmoke goes, down the second, up the third, etc , so that by the time it reaches the chimney it is almost cold. A handful of wood warms the stove enough to heat a large room. When the fire is burnt out the communications to the chimney and room are cut off, then the stove slowlv radi-

ates its accumulated heat into the room. Where I am writing this letter is a large white earthenware stove six feet high with iorty-eight square feet of surface. A pound of coal sets it going and keeps the room warm for the greater part of a day.”— Herald of Health.