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[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

The Book of Masonry Stoves
Rediscovering an Old Way of Warming
by David Lyle
1994, 11 x 8.5, 208 pages, $30(PcA)

Within the past decade, millions of Americans have discovered the 
economic benefits and personal pleasures of heating with wood. At the 
same time, many have discovered that there are serious problems 
associated with wood heat and iron stoves: chimney fires from creosote, 
air pollution from poor combustion, and structural fires caused by 
faulty stove installation. The masonry stove, widely used in Europe and 
Asia for centuries, surmounts these problems.

Masonry stoves offer good solutions to many of the problems associated 
with wood burning. They provide clean combustion at a high temperature, 
good efficiency, a high degree of safety, and little or no pollution. 
Masonry stoves require little care, needing to be fed only once or twice 
a day. They come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes from simple to 
elegant and from austere to gothic. And they are easily adapted to a 
variety of structures including solar designs.

The Book of Masonry Stoves represents the first comprehensive survey 
ever published of all the major types of masonry heating systems, 
ancient and modern. Detailed plans and building information are included 
in the book. As a complete introduction to masonry stoves, it will help 
many people rediscover an old way of warming, using masonry stoves.

--
Keith Johnson
Permaculture Activist Magazine
PO Box 1209
Black Mountain, NC 28711
(828)669-6336

also Patterns for Abundance Design & Consulting
Culture's Edge at Earthaven Ecovillage
http://www.permacultureactivist.net
http://www.earthaven.org
http://www.bioregionalcongress.org