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RUMFORD FIREPLACE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
  • Energy Transformation
  • Chimneys (Building Elements)
DEF

[A masonry] fireplace [intended] to increase heat transfer to a room and reduce heat loss up the flue, [that incorporates] a shallower firebox and a higher opening than normal, with the sides and back quite slanted.

OBS

... proposed by Count Rumford (Sir Benjamin Thompson), an 18th century English scientist and philosopher who wrote a book on fireplace design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Cheminées (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Foyer de briques conçu pour augmenter le transfert de chaleur dans une pièce et réduire les pertes thermiques du conduit de cheminée grâce à une chambre de combustion abaissée et une ouverture plus grande que la normale, les flancs et le fond de la cheminée offrant un plan plutôt incliné.

OBS

Concept élaboré par Sir Benjamin Thompson, comte du Rumford, philosophe et homme de science du dix-huitième siècle.

Spanish

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