Benjamin Franklin Stove

During the 18th century fireplaces were the maininvention. However there is some controversy
source of heat and at most times extremelyabout who invented the stove as some historians
inefficient. These types of stoves produced lotssay that the stove was brought out seventy
of smoke and never retained the heat indoorsyears prior and was never sold or patented.
very well, as the heat escaped out the chimney.It has been stated that the Benjamin Franklin
These types of fireplaces also caused sparks andstove was far more advanced and worked
many homes constructed from wood were setsuccessfully. Franklin's version had better fume
alight.extraction and provided for the use of coal in the
The new Benjamin Franklin stove allowed forlate seventeen hundreds. A statement that
more efficient fire as it used quarter the amountFranklin made about the patent was "as we enjoy
of wood and generated twice the amount ofgreat advantages from other inventions we
heat. The stove was made from a durable metalshould in turn afford the opportunity to others
and was produced in middle 1700's and the designand should be done generously and freely.
included baffles behind the stove which improvedThe stove's purpose was to attain domestic
the airflow which provides more heat and lesscomfort as fireplaces were really inconvenient and
smoke.at that time wood was also becoming scarce and
This stove is also known as a "circulating stove"also costly due to the rising demand and the cost
and the Franklin stove is open in the front. Franklinof transporting the wood. Franklin's stove became
was offered a patent which he turned down aspopular and started to replace open fireplaces and
he had no intentions of making profit but everyto this very day most of the US fireplaces are a
intention of other people benefiting from hissimilar shape to the Franklin stove.