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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 ]
It was first published by Puffin Books in 1953 and has since been reprinted many times. [1] In 2008, it was reissued in the Puffin Classics series with an introduction by David Almond (the author of Clay, Skellig, Kit's Wilderness, and The Fire-Eaters), [2] and the original illustrations by Lotte Reiniger.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a 1903 children's novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle.The book contains a compilation of various stories, adapted by Pyle, regarding the legendary King Arthur of Britain and select Knights of the Round Table.
The School for Good and Evil series contains many Arthurian figures, including King Arthur's son as a central character (2013–2020) The Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien (published 2013, written circa 1920–30s)
The book humorously recounts the invention of the Franklin stove, Franklin's kite experiment and invention of lightning rods, and his service as ambassador to France. It is illustrated in pen-and-ink by Lawson. In 1953, the book was adapted by Walt Disney Productions into a short film of the same name. The film only covers a few of the time ...
Though the Round Table is not mentioned in the earliest accounts, tales of King Arthur having a marvellous court made up of many prominent warriors are ancient. Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his Historia Regum Britanniae (composed c. 1136) says that, after establishing peace throughout Britain, Arthur "increased his personal entourage by inviting very distinguished men from far-distant kingdoms to ...
An installed Franklin stove within a fireplace. In 1642, at Lynn, Massachusetts, the first cast-iron stove was constructed. This stove was little more than a cast-iron box with no grates. [8] Benjamin Franklin designed the "Pennsylvania fireplace", now known as the Franklin stove in 1742, which incorporated the fundamental concepts of the ...
The series parodies that of the King Arthur Tales as well as the periods of the Middle Ages; Dragon Booster (2004–2006), A teenager named Artha Penn teams up with a dragon named Beau and Artha was the chosen hero called the Dragon Booster. The British animated cartoon series King Arthur's Disasters (2005–2006).