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  2. Franklin stove - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  3. List of inventions named after people - Wikipedia

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    Aldis lamp – Arthur Cyril Webb Aldis [1] Aldrin – Kurt Alder [2] Alexanderson alternator – Ernst Alexanderson; Algorithm – Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī [3] Anderson shelter – John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley [4] Anderton Shearer Loader – James Anderton [5] Appertization – Nicolas Appert; Archimedes' screw – Archimedes

  4. Wood-burning stove - Wikipedia

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    Franklin stove, originally invented by Benjamin Franklin, is a more efficient type of wood-burning fireplace. It was finicky and never caught on, but many stoves continue to be referred to as "Franklin" stoves. Carl Johan Cronstedt is reported to have increased efficiency of wood-burning stoves by a factor of eight in the mid-18th century.

  5. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    The Franklin Stove, also known as the circulating stove, is a metal-lined fireplace with baffles in the rear to improve the airflow, providing more heat and less smoke than an ordinary open fireplace. The stove became very popular throughout the Thirteen Colonies and gradually replaced open fireplaces. The Franklin stove was invented by ...

  6. Fireplace insert - Wikipedia

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    The fireplace insert was invented in 1742 by Benjamin Franklin, which he called 'The Pennsylvania Fireplace' (also known as the Franklin Stove), in the United States.He came upon the idea as a means of using coke (a smokeless fuel made by the destructive distillation of certain types of coal) and incorporated the use of an electric blower to improve efficiency.

  7. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), U.S. – the pointed lightning rod conductor, bifocal glasses, the Franklin stove, the glass harmonica; Herman Frasch (1851–1914), Germany / U.S. – Frasch process (petrochemistry), Paraffin wax purification

  8. Stove - Wikipedia

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    It is also known as a stew stove. Near the end of the 18th century, the design was refined by hanging the pots in holes through the top iron plate, thus improving heat efficiency even more. In 1743, Benjamin Franklin invented an all-metal fireplace with an attempt to improve the efficiency. It was still an open-faced fireplace, but improved on ...

  9. King Arthur - Wikipedia

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    King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain .