Image: Bulletin - United States National Museum (1926) (14803892773)

Description: Identifier: bulletinunitedst1391926unit (find matches) Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum Year: 1877 (1870s) Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior Subjects: Science Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off. Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: 5 1, Pottery Hot-water Bottle with Depressions for the Feet: 2,Italian ScALDiNO OR Ambulant STOVE: 3,4, Chinese Hand Warmers;5, Kachmerian Wicker Hand Stove For OFscRiprioN of plate see page i; FIRE AS AN AGENT IN HUMAN CULTURE 13 teen gained, and perhaps direction of smoke is the first object sought.It is observed, however, that some natives appear to be apathetictoward smoke, and primitive appearing house fires among many-tribes have little provision for carrying smoke away. In a sense theaboriginal house may be conceived as a protection to the fire and thestructure itself a chimney. In pre-Columbian times there were nochimneys in the Western Hemisphere. The chimney was early in-troduced in America, principally from Spanish sources. There is achimney of brick in Gloucester County, Virginia, which is reputed tohave been Powhatans; in any case it belongs to early colonial times.The Pueblo Indians, being practical housebuilders and willing tomake improvements, adopted the chimney many Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum (1926) (14803892773)
Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14803892773/ Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/bulletinunitedst1391926unit/bulletinunitedst1391926unit#page/n33/mode/1up
Author: Internet Archive Book Images
Permission: At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Usage Terms: No known copyright restrictions
License: No restrictions
License Link: https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/
Attribution Required?: No