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A fireplace or hearth is a structure made of brick, stone or metal designed to contain a fire. Fireplaces are used for the relaxing ambiance they create and for heating a room. Modern fireplaces vary in heat efficiency, depending on the design. Historically, they were used for heating a dwelling, cooking, and heating water for laundry and
Rumford fireplaces are appreciated for their tall classic elegance and heating efficiency. This simple alteration in the design of fireplaces were copied everywhere in an age when fires were the principal source of heat. The Rumford fireplace is still used in the 21st century. [34] 1796 Cupcake. Two cupcakes iced with the Wikipedia logo on ...
The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
A Franklin stove. The Franklin stove is a metal-lined fireplace named after Benjamin Franklin, who invented it in 1742. [1] It had a hollow baffle near the rear (to transfer more heat from the fire to a room's air) and relied on an "inverted siphon" to draw the fire's hot fumes around the baffle. [2]
Will Rogers Estate. Actor Will Rogers' 1920s ranch house was sadly destroyed in the Palisades Fire. The home and its surrounding 360 acres became a museum in 1944 after Rogers' wife donated it to ...
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Malibu Potteries tile and fountain, Adamson House, Malibu, California Malibu Potteries was a ceramic tile manufacturer in Malibu, California . [ 1 ] Malibu Potteries was founded by Rhoda May Knight Rindge in 1926. [ 2 ]
ell brown/Flickr The UK retail chain Sainsbury's has discovered one of the hassles of operating in Scotland, where a Stone Age fireplace has been discovered on the proposed site for a new store ...