DR. ARNOTT'S STOVE.
The principal advantages of Dr. ARNOTT'S Thermometer Stoves, of which so much has been said of late, may be summed up in a very few words. They are as follows.
1st, Extreme cleanliness ; all annoyance from dust, soot, and smoke—ever- lasting grievances wherever open ffic-places are used—beitig in a great measure done away with. 2d, Great saving of trouble ; a well-constructed stove upon this principle not requiring to be replenished oftener at the very outside than once in twelve hours • burning therefore through the night, and consequently not needing to be relighted in the morning unless accidentally or purposely extinguished. ad, The general diffusion of heat throughout all parts of the room; and that heat capable of being increased or diminished at pleasure, by the mere turning of a button or screw : advantages not attainable, at a moderate ex- pense, by any other mode of heating yet discovered.
4th, The absence of all perceptible draught, in consequence of the closing of the chimney ; sufficient air only being admitted into the stove for the pur- pose of combustion.
nth, Chimney-sweeping reduced to a minimum, if not entirely dispensed with. 6th, The most perfect security, so long at least as iron and fire-brick con- tinue incombustible.
7th, And though last, certainly not least in the catalogue of advantages for which we are indebted to Dr. ARNDT; an economy of fuel, to these who have not tried them almost incredible.
These are some of the advantages (for there are otters, though of inferior importance,) which the open fireist, the lover of bright bars and burnt faces, the patient eudurer or amateur of scorched shins and fieezing shoulders, must be content to forego if he will perversely continue to prefer open grates, of whatever description, to close stoves, and real, solid, substantial comfort.
" But," say the objectors—a numerous host at all times, with a most religious dread of innovation and all new-fangledschemes as they delight to call them- " are there not some drawbacks, some leetle disadvantages attendant on the introduction and use of these nonderful stoves? Do they not deprive the air more or less of its natural moisture, rendering it dry, hot, and unwholesome ? " Another class, not quite so rational in their objections, care little for the wholesomeness or unwholesomeness of the thing itself; but, say they, "The use of stoves, except in halls and staircases, is an un-Eaglish practice, which may do vet y well for the parched German or the shrivelled Frenchman, but is not to be tolerated in England, where, thank God ! fuel is cheap and plentiful," (and ought therefore to be wasted.) A third set object to the invention in Lob, not because it is either unwhole- some or un-English, but because it does not admit of seeing the fire; warmth being with these gentry a very secondary consideration.
We will dispose of these three classes of objectors in their order.
The first is evidently the most sensible, if not the only sensible objection ; nod would be a very serious one, but that artificial evaporation arid an im- proved mode of ventilation will easily obviate the evils anticipated. And for the second, Time, the great innovator, may perhaps rectify even that. For the third objection, however, there is absolutely no reineily—no shutting the eyes upon that defect. It is a difficulty, I admit, altogether insurmountable. No snore Mating at the fire, to the manifest improvement of the eyes, and the ex- traordinary strengthening of the inventive and reasoning powers! No poking between the bars when at a loss for an idea, which will happen even to the most pregnant geniuses. No " fireside enjoyments!" as COWPF.II calls them. No iiielight reveries ! No more crowding round the fire in winter-time " to keep it warm," while seven.eighths of the heat is allowed to pass uuheeded up the ungrateful chimney ! No more burnt muslin dresses, and ecorched necks and faces ! No more burning our hands in the affeelionate but often vain at- tempt 4o put out our blazing wives and daughters ! No more conflagrations, or next to none ! No more houses in ashes ! In a word, no more cheerful blazes! But, on the contrary, (horresco referens " all dark ; " the " devouring ele- ment." shorn of its terrors; and firemen and penny-a-liners, their occupation gone, (Wog by hundreds in the streets! S. J.
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