Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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contrived for different Seaſons, ſome to be uſed
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n Summer, others in Winter; and others as we
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may ſay in the middle Seaſons. </
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>Parlours for
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Summer require Water and the Verdure of
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Gardens; thoſe for Winter, muſt be warm and
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have good Fire-places. </
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>Both ſhould be large,
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pleaſant and delicate. </
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>There are many Ar
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guments to convince us that Chimnies were in
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Uſe among the Ancients; but not ſuch as ours
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>One of the Ancients ſays, the Tops
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of the Houſes ſmoke,
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Et fumant culmina tecti:
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And we find it continues the ſame all over
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Italy
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to this Day, except in
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Lombardy
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Tuſcany,
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and that the Mouths of none of the
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Chimnies riſe higher than the Tops of the
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Houſes.
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Vitruvius
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ſays, that in Winter Par
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lours it is ridiculous to adorn the Ceiling with
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handſome Painting, becauſe it will be preſent
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ly ſpoilt by the conſtant Smoke and continual
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Fires; for which Reaſon the Ancients uſed to
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paint thoſe Ceilings with Black, that it might
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ſeem to be done by the Smoke itſelf. </
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too, that they made Uſe of a purified Sort of
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Wood, that was quite clear of Smoke, like our
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Charcoal, upon which Account it was a Diſ
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pute among the Lawyers, whether or no Coal
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was to come under the Denomination of Wood;
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and therefore it is probable they generally uſed
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moveable Hearths or Chafing-pans either of
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Braſs or Iron, which they carried from Place to
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Place where-everthey had Occaſion to make a
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Fire. </
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hardened by continual Incampments, did not
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make ſo much Uſe of Fire as we do now; and
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Phyſicians will not allow it wholeſome, to be
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too much by the Fire-ſide.
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Ariſtotle
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ſays,
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that the Fleſh of Animals gains its Firmneſs
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and Solidity from Cold; and thoſe whoſe Buſi
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neſs it is to take Notice of Things of this Na
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ture have obſerved, that thoſe working Men
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who are continually employed about the Fur
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nace have generally dry wrinkled Skins; the
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Reaſon of which they ſay is, becauſe the Jui
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ces, of which the Fleſh is formed, are exhauſt
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ed by the Fire, and evaporate in Steam. </
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Germany, Colchos,
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and other Places, where Fire
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is abſolutely neceſſary againſt the extreme
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Cold, they make Uſe of Stoves; of which we
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ſhall ſpeak elſewhere. </
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Chimney, which may be beſt made ſerviceable
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in the following Manner. </
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as poſſible, capacious, not too far from the
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Light, it muſt not draw the Wind too much,
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but enough however to carry up the Smoke,
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which elſe would not go up the Tunnel. </
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theſe Reaſons do not make it juſt in a Corner,
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nor too far within the Wall, nor let it take up
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the beſt Part of the Room where your chief
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Gueſts ought to ſit. </
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commoded by the Air either of Doors or Win
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dows, nor ſhould it project too ſar out into the
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Room. </
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ried up perpendicular, and let the Top of it
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riſe above the higheſt Part of the whole Build
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ing; and this not only upon Account of the
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Danger of Fire, but alſo to prevent the Smoke
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from being driven down the Chimney again by
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any Eddy of Wind on the Top of the Houſe.
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Heat of the Flame quickens its Aſcent: When
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it comes therefore into the Tunnel of the
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Chimney, it is compreſſed and ſtraitened as in
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a Channel, and being puſhed on by the Heat
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of the Fire, is thruſt out in the ſame Manner
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as the Sound is out of a Trumpet. </
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Trumpet, if it is too big, does not give a clear
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Sound, becauſe the Air has Room to rowl about
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in it; the ſame will hold good with Relation
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to the Smoke in a Chimney. </
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the Chimney be covered to keep out Rain, and
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all round the Sides let there be wide Holes for
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the Paſſage of the Smoke, with Breaks projec
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ting out between each Hole to keep off the
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Violence of the Wind. </
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convenient, erect an upright Pin, and on it hang
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a braſs Cover broad enough to take in the
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whole Mouth of the Chimney, and let this Co
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ver have a Vane at the Top like a Sort of
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Creſt, which like a Helm may turn it round
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according to the Wind. </
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Method alſo is to ſet on the Chimney Top ſome
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Spire like a Hunter's Horn, either of Braſs or
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baked Earth, broader at one End than the
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other, with the broad End turned downwards
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to the Mouth of the Chimney; by which
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means the Smoke being received in at the
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broad End, will force its Way out at the Nar
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row, in Spite of the Wind. </
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we muſt accommodate the Kitchen, and the
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Pantry for ſetting by what is left after Meals,
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together with all Manner of Veſſels and Linen.
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Noſes of the Gueſts, nor at too great a Diſ
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tance; but ſo that the Victuals may be brought
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in neither too hot nor too cold, and that the
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Noiſe of the Scullions, with the Clatter of
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their Pans, Diſhes and other Utenſils, may not
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be troubleſome. </
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the Victuals are to be carried, ſhould be hand
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ſome and convenient, not open to the Weather, </
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