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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]
Early works of Vincent van Gogh. List of works by Vincent van Gogh. Flowering Orchards (Van Gogh series) Hospital in Arles (Van Gogh series) Langlois Bridge at Arles (Van Gogh series) Portrait of Dr. Gachet. Saintes-Maries (Van Gogh series) Yellow House (painting) The Zouave.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Modern open fireplace. An outdoor fireplace. A fireplace or hearth is a structure made of brick, stone or metal designed to contain a fire. Fireplaces are used for the relaxing ambiance they create and for heating a room. Modern fireplaces vary in heat efficiency, depending on the design. Historically, they were used for heating a dwelling ...
Let’s hear it for sofa spuds and sun-bathers! (But don’t confuse them for low-maintenance, that’s another matter altogether). 32 low-energy dog breeds. 1. French bulldog. French bulldog ...
The Milkmaid (Dutch: De melkmeid or Het melkmeisje ), sometimes called The Kitchen Maid, is an oil-on-canvas painting of a "milkmaid", in fact, a domestic kitchen maid, by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. It is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which regards it as "unquestionably one of the museum's finest attractions".