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Summary Of: Chimneys
Chimneys are typically vertical... Chimneys may be found in buildings... chimneys and sometimes to refer to locomotive chimneys... Chimneys are tall to increase their draw of air for combustion and to disperse pollutants in... to draw smoke out of bakeries but real chimneys appeared only in northern Europe in the 12th century... Industrial chimneys became common in the late 18th century... Chimneys have traditionally been built of brick... Early chimneys were of a simple brick construction... Later chimneys were constructed by placing the bricks around tile liners... and periodically workers would be sent along the chimneys to scrape off these valuable deposits... chimneys in houses were often built in a... Carved brick chimneys characteristic of late Gothic Tudor buildings... Carved brick chimneys characteristic of late Gothic Tudor buildings... Modern industrial chimneys sometimes consist of a concrete... generally exhausted to the ambient outside air through chimneys or industrial flue gas stacks... The combustion flue gases inside the chimneys or stacks are much hotter than the ambient outside air and therefore less... Designing chimneys and stacks to provide the correct amount of natural draught or draft involves a number... A characteristic problem of chimneys is they develop deposits of... that chimneys be inspected annually and cleaned on a regular basis to prevent these problems... partially to provide access to chimneys without use of ladders... chimneys have also proved particularly susceptible to crumbling during... framed chimneys around a metal flue... Bracing or strapping old masonry chimneys has not proved to be very effective in preventing damage or injury from earthquakes... Modernist chimneys on the Casa Mil... Some very high chimneys are used for carrying antennas of... In some cases the chimneys of power stations are used also as... at which chimneys serve as electricity pylons... Encyclodia Page On: Chimneys
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