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...first is reckon'd rude, and the other may rub off the Paint." At 78, his great task accomplished, he sailed for home, kept himself occupied on the voyage by writing two treatises: The Causes & Cures of Smoky Chimneys, Description of a New Stove for Burning of Pitcoal and Consuming All Its Smoke. In 1790, at the age of 84, he died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: World Citizen | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

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