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FOOTNOTES:

[A] Now Sir William Fothergill Cooke--October, 1869.

[B] First illustrated by the author in his work, “Architectural Remains of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I.”

[C] The garden entrance to the ancient palace of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, alla Trinita de’ Monti. The architecture of Annibale Lippi.

[D] This subject is fully treated and illustrated with plates in the Author’s treatise on “The Warming and Ventilation Buildings,” published in 1837 and 1856.

[E] “Cheap Ice Well.” (Atchley & Co.)

[F] “Plan for Purifying the Atmosphere of Towns.” (Hamilton, Adams, & Co.)

[G] “Coke, Smoke, and Sewage.” (Cave and Sever, Manchester.)

[H] A print of the stove is given in the author’s pamphlet entitled “The Smoke Nuisance, and its Remedy; with Remarks on Liquid Fuel.” Price 1_s._ (Atchley & Co.)