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The lesson sheet, which was first of vellum and later of paper, were typically inscribed with a large cross, [n 3] followed by alphabet letters, [n 4] numbers and in later version, short verse. [13] Hornbooks displayed letters of the alphabet, a syllabary and prayers for novice readers.
Stove: An enclosed space containing the fire, with dampers and regulators to adjust the draft and thus control the heat. A stove allows for cleaner, hotter and more efficient use of fuel than a fire pot or brazier. Oven: An enclosed compartment of a stove, separate from the fire, used for heating, baking or drying.
The Dakota fire pit is an efficient, simple fire design that produces little to no smoke. [1] Two small holes are dug in the ground: one for the firewood and the other to provide a draft of air. Small twigs are packed into the fire hole and readily combustible material is set on top and lit.
The manuscripts MS Harley 208, Stowe MS 57, and Cotton Titus D 18 differ in how they arrange the non-standard Old English letters (Harley has Ƿ–ЖƖÞ, Stowe has Ƿ–ЖÞ, Titus has Ƿ–Þ–Ð), but all three manuscripts place them after the standard Latin letters. A table entitled "The Saxon-Alphabet" on the last page of John ...
A table of alchemical symbols from Basil Valentine's The Last Will and Testament, 1670 Alchemical symbols before Lavoisier Alchemical symbols were used to denote chemical elements and compounds, as well as alchemical apparatus and processes, until the 18th century.
A more serious fire occurred in August 1612, which destroyed 600 houses. Smaller fires subsequently broke out in 1676, 1726 and 1730. [2] Later fires followed the one in 1731, and in total over 530 houses were destroyed by fire in the 18th century. [3] The fire in 1731 started on 5 June at approximately 6pm at a baker's house in Gold Street.
A Franklin stove. The Franklin stove is a metal-lined fireplace named after Benjamin Franklin, who invented it in 1742. [1] It had a hollow baffle near the rear (to transfer more heat from the fire to a room's air) and relied on an "inverted siphon" to draw the fire's hot fumes around the baffle. [2]
Assorted reproduction firesteels typical of Roman to medieval period Late 18th-century firetools and bricks from Brittany. A fire striker is a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge of flint, chert or similar rock. [1] [2] [3] It is a specific tool used in fire making.