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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]
Rumford fireplaces were common from 1796, when Count Rumford first wrote about them, until about 1850. Jefferson had them built at Monticello, [6] and Thoreau listed them among the modern conveniences that everyone took for granted. Existing fireplaces could be rebuilt to the Rumford design ("Rumfordized"). [7]
And clearly, other social media users think so too (her original fireplace discovery video garnered almost 200k likes on Instagram). "Our home shouldn't be a serious place. It should be a place ...
Located at 183 Mountain Ave in Pequannock, NJ, the Ackerson Mead Clark House is a 21-room Greek Revival mansion built in the mid-1800s.. Although having a three-century history, the home wasn't included on the Register of Historic Sites maintained by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection until a decision was made on July 29, 1981.
In keeping with the spirit of the original, the couple preserved the distinct spaces (the foyer, study, and dining room) in the front. But they took a modern open-concept approach in the back ...
Grand Neoclassical interior by Robert Adam, Syon House, London Details for Derby House in Grosvenor Square, an example of the Adam brothers' decorative designs. The Adam style (also called Adamesque or the Style of the Brothers Adam) is an 18th-century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom Robert (1728 ...
By the 1800s, most new fireplaces were made up of two parts, the surround and the insert. The surround consisted of the mantelpiece and side supports, usually in wood, marble or granite . The insert was where the fire burned, and was constructed of cast iron often backed with decorative tiles .
A potbelly stove is a cast-iron, coal-burning or wood-burning stove that is cylindrical with a bulge in the middle. [1] The name is derived from the resemblance of the stove to a fat person's pot belly.