Fires improved, or, A new method of building chimnies, so as to prevent their smoking : in which a small fire, shall warm a room much better than a large one made the common way : and the method of altering such chimnies as are already built, so that they shall perform the same effects / by Monsieur Gauger ; made English from the French original ; by J.T. Desaguliers.
| Author/creator | Gauger, Nicolas |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The 2nd ed. With an appendix, containing several farther improvements made by the translator and others. |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for J. Senex and E. Curll, 1736. |
| Description | 1 unnumbered page, vi, 8 unnumbered pages, 158 pages |
| Supplemental Content | Available to subscribing institutions |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Mécanique du feu. English |
| Variant title | Fires improved |
| Variant title | New method of building chimnies so as to prevent their smoking |
| General note | Translation of: Mécanique du feu, ou, L'art d'en augmenter les effets & d'en diminuer la dépense. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. |
| General note | Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 07455. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. |
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