Show greek and aeonian stoves warm as greece and homo and egypt are stoves were made there ia tho dim and misty vistas of the past it wag not just the pattern used in chicago at present but was a metal basin in which charcoal was burned it sat in the middle of the room and as the resulting smoke was of the slightest no opening in the roof or elsewhere was necessary the same implement still called by its old greek name of brazier is still employed in many portions of continental europe where it is utilized for heating as well as cooking but the progress va romans improved on that and made a it was the germ of the present furnace it was made under the house in a little cellar prepared for it and the heat was conducted to the rooms and baths through crevices left in the floor and lower portions of the wall later fines were provided conducting heat to any portion of the house in some of the old roman villas in england the remains of these old time furnaces are still found chicago herald |