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EXPOSITION  AT  VIENNA.

The  dimensions  are  given  in  iuches,  and  the  price,  in
Austrian  florins,  equivalent  to  about  fifty  cents  in  currency.
The  price  of  packing  ranges  from  six  florins  upward,
according  to  the  size  of  the  stove.
Another  very  interesting  display  of  stoves  of  this  description,
  and  particularly  of  the  tiles  in  great  variety,  was  made
by  Bernhard  Erndt,  (court  potter)  Vienna,  whose  manufactory
  is  in  the  ix.  Bezisk,  Rossau,  Pramergasse,  No.  25.
The  patterns  of  Ins  tiles  are  peculiarly  attractive,  many
being  deoply  recessed  and  enamelled  in  bright  colors,—
brown,  green,  blue,  white  and  variegated.  The  stoves  and
stove-tiles  made  in  Berlin  are  in  high  repute,  and  are  even
imported  to  Vienna.  They  are  to  be  seen,  among  other
places  in  that  city,  in  the  rooms  of  the  Engineers  and
Architects’  Association.
It  is  evident  that  the  manufacture  of  "porcelain  stoves,”
the  tiles  for  thern,  and  the  fitting,  constitute  important
branches  of  industry  in  the  German  speaking  countries.
Such  stoves,  especially  as  now  made,  and  susceptible  of
further  improvements,  have  many  great  advantages  over
other  heating  apparatus,  and'  might  be  introduced  with  success
  in  some  sections  of  the  United  States.  The  followin°*
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are  some  of  their  merits,  as  compared  with  the  ordinary
cast  or  sheet-iron  stoves  for  heating  apartmcnts.
1.  Not  being  good  conductors  of  heat,  they  radiate  it
slowly  and  without  sudden  changes;  and  being  bulky  they
retain  heat  for  a  long  time,  and  maintain  an  equable,  moderate ­
  temperature  in  the  apartmen  t,  even  long  after  the
flre  has  burned  out.
2.  They  do  not  scorch  and  "burn  the  air,”  or  the  floating
  particles  of  dust  in  it,  as  is  the  case  with  highly-heated
metallic  stoves.
3.  They  combine  to  a  great  degreo  the  advantages  of
an  open  fireplace  and  of  a  stove,  giving  Ventilation,  permitting
  the  fire  to  be  seen,  while  most  of  the  heat  is  utilized,-
  being  stored  up  in  the  mass  of  the  tiles  and  slowly
radiated.  Doubtless  such  stoves  would  fail  to  satisfy  those
who  require  a  red-hot  surface,  super-heated  air,  and  little
Ventilation  ;  but  many  improvements  might  be  made,  so  that