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Brick trimmer—A brick arch supporting a hearth or shielding a joist in front of a fireplace. [21] Chimney breast—The part of the chimney which projects into a room to accommodate a fireplace. [21] Crane—Metal arms mounted on pintles, which swing and hold pots above a fire. Damper—A metal door to close a flue when a fireplace is not in use.
A brick flue (Russian: боров) in the attic, sometimes with a chamber for smoking food, is required to slow down the cooling of the stove. [3] Russian stove in an izba, photographed before 1917. The Russian stove is usually in the centre of the log hut . The builders of Russian stoves are referred to as pechniki, "stovemakers". Good ...
Also available are firebrick "splits" which are half the thickness and are often used to line wood stoves and fireplace inserts. The dimensions of a split are usually 229 mm × 114 mm × 32 mm (9 in × 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in). [3] Fire brick was first invented in 1822 by William Weston Young in the Neath Valley of Wales.
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Hughie Ferguson (2 March 1895 – 8 January 1930) was a professional footballer.He was one of Scotland's most sought-after young players before signing for Motherwell F.C. to begin his professional career.
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Mid-century modern (MCM) is a movement in interior design, product design, graphic design, architecture and urban development that was present in all the world, but more popular in North America, Brazil and Europe from roughly 1945 to 1970 during the United States's post-World War II period.
The 70-room mansion, with a gross area of 138,300 square feet (12,850 m 2) and 62,482 square feet (5,804.8 m 2) of living area on five floors, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the Renaissance Revival style; the interior decor was by Jules Allard and Sons and Ogden Codman Jr.