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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 929 — CHIMNEYS.

William Johnston translation

Columella, lib. i. cap. 6, p. 405. Artificial heat could not be employed to prevent oil from becoming clotted by being frozen; for it was liable to be hurt by soot and smoke, the constant attendants of artificial warming.—Columella, lib. i. cap. 6.

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