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2. Electric fireplace - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Franklin stove - Wikipedia

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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]

5. Fire brick - Wikipedia

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   Also available are firebrick "splits" which are half the thickness and are often used to line wood stoves and fireplace inserts. The dimensions of a split are usually 229 mm × 114 mm × 32 mm (9 in × 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in). [3] Fire brick was first invented in 1822 by William Weston Young in the Neath Valley of Wales.

6. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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   The state's historically most populous racial group, non-Hispanic White people, declined as a proportion of the state population from 94.6% in 1940 to 58.3% in 2010. [ 157 ] [ 158 ] As of 2011 [update] , 55.6% of New York's population younger than age 1 were minorities. [ 159 ]

7. Algonquin Hotel - Wikipedia

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   Unusually for hotels of the time, each bedroom had its own bathroom, with a shower, hot and cold water, and electric lights. [6] Except for bookshelves and fireplace mantels, the units were otherwise unfurnished. [5] [70] By the 2000s, the rooms had black-and-white wallpaper with framed cartoons from The New Yorker magazine. [71]