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$249.99 at amazon.com. Electric Fireplace Stove Heater. It’s tough to beat this price point on this electric fireplace—and it doesn’t skimp on heat output either, with 5,100 BTUs and enough ...
The electric fire was invented in 1912 [2] and became popular in the 1950s. [3] Electric fireplaces found in 1950s homes were typically small and could be easily moved. [4] Techniques for electrical "flame effects" have been around since at least 1981. [5] Commercial electric fireplace techniques include the Optiflame, introduced in 1988 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]
[citation needed] Between 1998 and 2010, 824,410 pellet stoves and fireplace inserts were made in the U.S. [1] While some stoves are UL-listed for fuels other than pellets, such as wheat, corn, sunflower seeds, and cherry pits, many pellet stove manufacturers recommend the use of a corn and pellet mixture.
A firelog is a manufactured log constructed to be used as wood fuel.Firelogs are designed to be inexpensive, whilst being easier to ignite, burn longer, and burn more efficiently than firewood.
Coniferous tree sap is a viscous liquid that contains terpene, a volatile hydrocarbon.Over time the evaporation of the terpene changes the state of the sap; it slowly gets thicker until it hardens into resin.
"Electric Avenue" is a song by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant. Written and produced by Grant, it was released on his 1982 studio album Killer on the Rampage . In the United States, with the help of the MTV music video he made, it was one of the biggest hits of 1983.
Willis C. Hawley (left) and Reed Smoot in April 1929, shortly before the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act passed the House of Representatives. The League of Nations' World Economic Conference met at Geneva in 1927, concluding in its final report that "the time has come to put an end to tariffs, and to move in the opposite direction".