The Forgotten Art of Building a Good Fireplace: The Story of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, an American Genius, & His Principles of Fireplace D

by Vrest Orton

Book Overview

Since its original publication in 1969 by Yankee, Inc., Vrest Orton's classic book on fireplace design has gone through numerous printings and has brought about a revival of the Rumford fireplace. The basic principles that Count Rumford set forth in 1795 describe the construction of a large shallow fireplace which does not smoke and which throws out much more heat than many of today's fireplaces which send too much of the heat up the chimney. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2QMVAY
• ISBN13: 9780911469172
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Alan C Hood & Company
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Used this book as a guide to professional fireplace building

The simple practicality contained in the premises of this book are so obvious as to be overlooked, ignored, or even disbelieved. Believe them! Mr. Orton presents in clear, concise, diagrammatical presentation the WAY A FIREPLACE SHOULD BE BUILT. To all the masons out there who have at one time or other in your career felt that the true art of masonry is dying, read this book for the inspiration that yours is a craft more ancient and solid than any other. Easy to read, entertaining and to the point.