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2. Rumford fireplace - Wikipedia

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   He and his workers changed fireplaces by inserting bricks into the hearth to make the side walls angled, and they added a choke to the chimney to create a circulation of air inside the chimney. In the unmodified chimney, smoke rises up the chimney propelled only by buoyancy—the heated gases from the fireplace being lighter than the ...

3. Innovative Hearth Products - Wikipedia

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   IHP deals in focused markets such as industrial, residential new construction, and specialty retail. Their products are available in both the United States and Canada through various distributors and specialty hearth dealers. Their product lines include gas, electric, and wood fireplaces for both indoor and outdoor settings. [4]

4. Inglenook - Wikipedia

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   Inglenook in the Blue Bedroom of Stan Hywet Hall, Summit County, Ohio. An inglenook or chimney corner is a recess that adjoins a fireplace.The word comes from "ingle", an old Scots word for a domestic fire (derived from the Gaelic aingeal), and "nook".

5. Fireplace - Wikipedia

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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 ...

6. Napoleon (company) - Wikipedia

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   Wolf Steel Ltd., better known as Napoleon, is the largest privately-owned manufacturer of fireplaces, grills, and gas furnaces in North America. [2] Based in Barrie, Ontario, Napoleon began in 1976 as a steel fabrication business under the name Wolf Steel Ltd. In 1995, Napoleon was founded after the company diversified its production to include ...

7. Firebox (steam engine) - Wikipedia

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   In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler.Most are somewhat box-shaped, hence the name. The hot gases generated in the firebox are pulled through a rack of tubes running through the boiler.

8. Great hall - Wikipedia

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   The hall would originally have had a central hearth, with the smoke rising through a vent in the roof. Examples can be seen at Stokesay Castle and Ludlow Castle. [6] Chimneys were later added, and it would then have one of the largest fireplaces of the palace, manor house or castle, frequently big enough to walk and stand inside.

9. Masonry heater - Wikipedia

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   A classic Scandinavian style round ceramic stove, which fits in the corner of a room, from the porcelaine manufacturer Rörstrand in Stockholm, c. 1900. A masonry heater (also called a masonry stove) is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature ...