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People sometimes feel nostalgic about the old times and the pump and ceremony that went with it.  The truth is that our ancestors lived in filth. Let ‘s look at a few things.
Did you know that even until the 13th century, people in Europe did not have chimneys.  In Hampton Palace where Henry VIII and Elizabeth lived, there is a great circle in front of the thrown in the main audience hall.  They used to have a roaring fire there and there was a hole in the ceiling for the smoke to exit.  And these were the nobility!