smoke-jack

As for my uncle Toby, his smoke-jack had not made a dozen revolutions, before he fell asleep also. —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

As for my uncle Toby, his smoke-jack had not made a dozen revolutions, before he fell asleep also. —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

Hams, tongues, and flitches of bacon, were suspended from the ceiling; a smoke-jack made its ceaseless clanking beside the fireplace, and a clock ticked in one corner.

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon 2002

Up the chimney an old smoke-jack was clicking, whirling, and making the most dismal noise imaginable.

The Garies and Their Friends Frank J. Webb

Tick, tick, went the old Dutch clock in the corner, and the smoke-jack kept up its whirring noise.

The Garies and Their Friends Frank J. Webb

Then John Stevens of Hoboken began a series of experiments in 1791, trying elliptical paddles, smoke-jack wheels, and other ingenious contrivances, which soon found the oblivion of Fitch's inventions.

A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

The common smoke-jack is an instrument in which the velocity communicated is too great for the purpose required, and it is transmitted through wheels which reduce it to a more moderate rate.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 559, July 28, 1832 Various

Such idiots were usually employed in some simple sort of occasional labour; and if we are not misinformed, the situation of turn-spit was often assigned them, before the modern improvement of the smoke-jack.

Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

Hams, tongues, and flitches of bacon were suspended from the ceiling; a smoke-jack made its ceaseless clanking beside the fire-place, and a clock ticked in one corner.

Vanishing England 1892

Minute recurrent sounds prevailed -- the click of the smoke-jack, the flap of the flames, and the light touches of the women's slippers upon the stone floor.

Desperate Remedies Thomas Hardy 1884