Design of a furnace
Date
1660s
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p224
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 241mm
width (page): 188mm
width (page): 188mm
Subject
Description
Design of a furnace and how to build and use it. In the papers of Robert Boyle.
Transcription
make the ashe hole ten inches high. 7 inches broad with a doore of 50 inches square. then iust under the grate, make the aire hole 5 inches square & 4 inches above the grate set the doore 5 inches wide & 7 high & let the fire place be 8 inches wide & 12 or 14 inches high. then set on the tunnel which must be at lest (sic) 6 inches wide with a register to govern the fire. you must also have a reigster in the aire hole to governe ye aire pleasure (sic).
a. the ashe hole with the doore
b. the fire hole with a register
c. the grate
d. a Foote of earth standing on the grate to set a crucible upon
e. the furnace for fire
f. the doore of the furnace
g. the register above the fire
1. the tunnel.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
a. the ashe hole with the doore
b. the fire hole with a register
c. the grate
d. a Foote of earth standing on the grate to set a crucible upon
e. the furnace for fire
f. the doore of the furnace
g. the register above the fire
1. the tunnel.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place