Franklin stove

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The Franklin stove is an innovative 18th-century metal-lined fireplace designed to provide more efficient and safer home heating than traditional open hearths.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century invention
fireplace insert
heating stove
advantageOver higher fuel efficiency
improved safety
more even heat distribution
reduced smoke in room
category fireplaces
historic heating technologies
stoves
comparedTo open hearth fireplace
countryOfOrigin Thirteen Colonies
designedFor fire safety
fuel efficiency
home heating
energySource solid fuel
era 18th century
fieldOfUse domestic heating
hasDesignFeature baffled airflow
front opening for fire viewing
longer exhaust gas path
metal-lined firebox
hasPart air vents
baffle
firebox
flue
hasVariant Pennsylvania fireplace
heatTransferMethod convection
radiation
inception 1740s
influenced later wood-burning stoves
parlor stoves
influencedBy open fireplace
inventor Benjamin Franklin
locationOfFirstUse Pennsylvania
materialUsed cast iron
metal lining
namedAfter Benjamin Franklin
notableFor early American technological innovation
innovative airflow design
safetyImprovementOver open hearth sparks and embers
typicalLocation colonial American homes
living room
uses wood fuel

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Benjamin Franklin
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