- Author
- Achenbach, P. R.
- Title
- Physics of Chimneys.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Physics Today, Vol. 2, No. 12, 18-23, December 1949
- Keywords
- chimneys | design applications
- Abstract
- Greek and Roman architects used chimneys in kitchens and baths, though they took great care to conceal them from view. Yet it was not until the twelfth century that the practice of allowing the smoke from a fire to pass out through a hole in the roof was changed in northern Europe to the use of a hollow flue leading upward from the fireplace by the wall.