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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]
Russian stove. Typical Russian stove in a peasant izba with tools visible to the right of the stove. The Russian stove [1] ( Russian: русская печь) is a unique and special universal stove oven in stove masonry craftsmanship that first appeared in the 15th century or earlier. [2] It is used for different purposes, combining in ...
Rumford fireplace. The Rumford fireplace is a tall, shallow fireplace designed by Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, an Anglo-American physicist best known for his investigations of heat. Its shallow, angled sides are designed to reflect heat into the room, and its streamlined throat minimizes turbulence, thereby carrying away smoke with ...
A rocket stove is an efficient and hot burning stove using small-diameter wood fuel. [ 1] Fuel is burned in a simple combustion chamber containing an insulated vertical chimney, which ensures almost complete combustion prior to the flames reaching the cooking surface. Rocket stove designs are most often used for portable stoves for cooking but ...
Biedermeier room in the museum of Chrzanów, Poland Zimmerbild (chamber painting) of a Biedermeier interior in Berlin: fitted carpets, unified window, and pier-mirror draperies, and framed engravings in a restrained classicising style, around 1825, by Leopold Zielcke (1791–1861) Biedermeier furniture is admired for quality craftsmanship and ...
Check your detectors. Make sure that your carbon monoxide and/or gas leak detectors are functional and get in the habit of checking them regularly. Even though natural gas is odorized for safety ...
Meander (art) Meander (or Greek key) on a stove in the Dimitrie Sturdza House (Strada Arthur Verona no. 13), Bucharest, Romania, unknown architect, 1883. Meander motif in the streets of Rhodes, Greece, in pavement made from beach stones. A meander or meandros[ 1] ( Greek: Μαίανδρος) is a decorative border constructed from a continuous ...
A stove or range is a device that generates heat inside or on top of the device, for local heating or cooking. Stoves can be powered with many fuels, such as electricity, natural gas, gasoline, wood, and coal . Due to concerns about air pollution, efforts have been made to improve stove design. [ 1] Pellet stoves are a type of clean-burning stove.