Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Cardinal Polignac” in chapter 6, entry fireplace of Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia:
...nicated with the external air, and was closed, when required, by a damper.
When the valve was opened, a brisk draft urged the fire.
The flue was closed by an iron plate or register at c.
Cardinal Polignac , in 1715, published under the name of another man (Gauger's Treatise on the art of warming rooms ) an account of improved mechanical arrangements for fireplaces.
This is shown at E in the figure.
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