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Stove-damp′er.

A shutter or valve to regulate the size of an opening at which air is admitted to a stove, or at which smoke passes off. See damp-Er.

Fig. 5928 shows a hinged damper applied to the draft-hole of a furnace. The in-rushing air tends to close it, the gravity of the damper and the slip-weight to open it. By adjusting the position of the slip-weight, the quantity of air admitted to the fire can be regulated.

Furnace-damper.

Stove-drum.

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