It seems that everything is already thoroughly known about our past, but looking at some artifacts, you begin to understand that this is not so.
See the 19th century cast iron heating stoves
Heating and cooking cast iron stove.
Everything is clear here, there is a door for laying firewood (of normal length), there is an oven and a chimney for removing smoke and combustion products.
19th century cast-iron heating and cooking stove.
Here, too, the principle is the same, only the pipe, apparently from the rear.
Even simply, in order to repeat this, if today we can afford it, it will require a change in the entire production of pig iron.
Cast iron fireplace stove.
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And everything is clear here. It's just not clear why the door is at the very top and what size should be the firewood? Coal will obviously not work here.
In our "backward" past, there were tremendous opportunities for artistic casting of such items.
19th century cast iron stove.
But even if we remove the aesthetic side, the technical side is quite surprising.
19th century cast iron stove.
Where is the ash pan and the blower here? Where is the pipe? Why some kind of handle on the right, below? What can be adjusted with the handle on the door?
19th century cast iron stove.
Very beautiful and also incomprehensible! Why is there a door at the very top?
And show me such wood. How long will one bookmark last and how many such stoves will it take to heat huge rooms in old houses? Wasn't it easier to make one big one?
19th century cast iron stove.
And again there is no pipe, and there is some kind of regulator on the lower door.
19th century cast iron stove.
And here is the regulator on the lower door. The pipe is visible above, from behind. But how and where to connect it? Such a stove should be located away from the walls so that there are no fires. And again, a small volume of the firebox.
And again the regulator on the door.
19th century cast iron stove.
There are four doors. If there is one furnace, one for blowing and ash, then why two more? Even if the topmost one is an oven, why another one?
How do you like these babies?
19th century cast iron stove.
19th century cast iron stove.
Where to put fuel here? Are those tent stoves?
19th century cast iron fireplace stove.
Also a "tent" version of the fireplace.
19th century cast iron stove.
Did they burn matches in it?
19th century cast iron stove.
19th century cast iron stove.
There are no comments at all. Think of a way to use it. I could not.
19th century cast iron stove.
On the right side, on the door, there is a sign "radiation". And on the sides, slots for the exit of hot air. There is no ash pan and no blower. Pipes too.
19th century cast iron stove.
And here is the sign "radiation" on the doors.
* Radiation * sign on the doors.
And if we assume that elements that emit heat, like uranium ones, were inserted into these stoves (not all of them, of course), then everything falls into place. Now more and more information is emerging that shows that we know very little about radiation.
Cast iron stove with the Radium logo.
Only such ovens could warm up huge castles and rooms. And the pipes in them were intended to remove an unpleasant smell.