Camp Stoves and Fireplaces (Table of Contents)

CAMP STOVES AND FIREPLACES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Definitions and adaptations to location and use

Types of stoves and fireplaces
   Patented stoves (with and without masonry encasement)
   Campfire circles and open fireplaces
   Fireplaces with top grate or top plate
   Camp stoves
   Combined stoves and fireplaces
   Multiple stoves
   Warming fires
   Combined shelter and fireplace
   Barbecue pits and barbecue ovens

General design problems
   General considerations
   Factors which affect design and methods of construction
   Practical usefulness versus appropriate design
   Location on campground and picnic area
   Fire hazard
   Fuel problems

Discussion of detailed design
   Foundations
   Firebox
   Top grate or top plate
   Stonework
   Chimneys

Materials for construction
   Iron and brick
   Brick
   Concrete
   Stone
   Sand

Detailed discussion of specific types of camp stoves and fireplaces (adaptation to location and use; design and construction; variations in design)

   Types of fireplaces
   Open-end masonry fireplace
   Rock-slab fireplace
   Standard grate fireplace variations
   Informal fireplace
   Western picnic fireplace
   Informal raised hearth type
   Chimney notch fireplace
   Convertible camp stove
   Stove-warming combination
   Camp stove variations
   High chimney stove
   Multiple unit stove
   Patented stove types
   Warming-cooking unit
   Barbecue pits and barbecue ovens
   Fireplace-shelter types
   Warming fires and campfires

Construction details

Frequent mistakes in fireplace and camp stove design and construction

Good and bad stonework

Undesirable types

Camp unit lay-outs

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate No. Title of plate (all images in PDF format)

I. Types of fireplaces
II. Open-end masonry type
III. Rock-slab fireplace
III-A. Standard grate fireplace variations
IV. Informal fireplace
V. Western picnic fireplace
VI. Informal raised hearth type
VII. Informal raised hearth type
VIII. Chimney notch type
IX. Convertible camp stove
X. Stove-warming combination
XI. Convertible camp stove
XI-A. Camp stove variations
XII. High chimney stove
XIII. Multiple unit stove
XIV. Patented stove type
XV. Warming-cooking unit
XVI. Barbecue pit
XVII. Barbecue oven
XVIII. Hillside barbecue oven
XIX. Fireplace-shelter types
XX. Warming fires and campfires
XXI. Construction details
XXII. Construction details
XXII-A. Construction details
XXIII. Fireplace construction (within shelters)
XXIV. Good and bad stonework
XXV. Good and bad stonework
XXVI. Undesirable types
XXVII. Camp unit lay-outs

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