Keep Your Heads Cool
Anon
Genre: | Essay, Drollery |
Subjects: | Invention, Heat, Domestic Economy |
People mentioned: | David B Reid |
Discusses the 'numerous' schemes for 'ventilating hats'. Explains that the invention uses a 'ventilating wheel' but points out that they may feature 'something superior to the old whirligig mode of letting in air for the purpose of preventing explosions of fire-damp in the hat'. | |
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