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  2. 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]

  3. Fireplace - Wikipedia

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    The 18th century saw two important developments in the history of fireplaces. ... By the 1800s, most new fireplaces were made up of two parts, ...

  4. Stove - Wikipedia

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    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 efficiency compared to old-fashioned fireplaces. Some stoves use a catalytic converter, which causes combustion of the gas and smoke particles not previously burned.

  5. Wood-burning stove - Wikipedia

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    Wolfgang Schroeter invented the first wood-burning stove with a cast iron frame and glass door. This allowed the user to see the fire burning inside the stove. [16] A fireplace insert converts a wood-burning fireplace to a wood-burning stove. A fireplace insert is a self-contained unit that rests inside the existing fireplace and chimney.

  6. Hearth - Wikipedia

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    Hearth with cooking utensils. A hearth (/ h ɑːr θ /) is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by a horizontal hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos (a low, partial wall behind a hearth), fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.

  7. 70 Fireplace Ideas to Bring the Coziest Vibes to Your Space - AOL

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    In the salonlike living room, that meant installing a jet-black fireplace that matched the dark flooring, a look that feels Old World but oh-so-contemporary. Pär Bengtsson Bookshelf Fireplace

  8. Control of fire by early humans - Wikipedia

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    Zhoukoudian Caves, a World Heritage Site and an early site of human use of fire in China Evidence at Zhoukoudian cave in China suggests control of fire as early as 460,000 to 230,000 BP. [ 12 ] Fire in Zhoukoudian is suggested by the presence of burned bones, burned chipped-stone artifacts, charcoal, ash, and hearths alongside H. erectus ...

  9. Kitchen stove - Wikipedia

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    The modern kitchen range was invented by Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford in the 1790s. As an active scientist and prolific inventor, he put the study of heat onto a scientific basis and developed improvements for chimneys, [5] fireplaces and industrial furnaces, which led to his invention of the kitchen range.