"Those [grates] whose construction is the most simple, and... the cheapest, are beyond comparison the best, on all accounts.— Nothing being wanted in these Chimnies but merely a grate for containing the coal, and in which they will burn with a clear fire;—and all additional apparatus being, not only useless, but very pernicious, all complicated and expensive grates should be laid aside, and such as are more simple substituted in the room of them."
January 1, 1970