Excerpt from Rumford Fireplaces and How They Are Made Several years ago I had occasion to build a house for James R. Steers, Esq., who was deeply interested in this subject of fireplaces and who brought to my notice a book of essays by Count of Rumford. And among them one on fireplace construction and alter ation. My main object in publishing this little book is to reproduce this essay in the hope that it will be inwardly digested bv the architect, the layman, and the builder, and that it will at least in a measure help to im prove the condition of a very important and much neglected feature of our homes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.