A device to prevent chimneys from smoking
Date
30 March 1678
Creator
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
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f34 p1r
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height (page): 317mm
width (page): 198mm
width (page): 198mm
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Description
Drawing of a set of three tin tubes of varying width (each an inch wider than the other), inserted into each other and fastened to the chimney so that the wind can escape through the gaps. This was a design by Sir Christopher Wren to prevent smoke from descending back down a chimney. He gave such a vessel, designed by himself, to the Royal Society on 31 December 1668.
This figure is from a letter by John Flamsteed to Richard Towneley dated 30 March 1678.
This figure is from a letter by John Flamsteed to Richard Towneley dated 30 March 1678.
Object history
31 December 1668, ‘Dr. Wren produced a vessel contrived by himself to cure smoaking chimneys, which he affirmed had proved very effectual by divers trials. It was delivered to Mr. Hooke for the repository’ (Birch 2:336).
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