Ben Franklin Style Wood Burning Stove

The franklin wood stove is a free standing cast iron fireplace insert created in 1741 by benjamin franklin.
Ben franklin style wood burning stove. 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. But when they saw the fire and felt the heat they quickly recognized that it was real. Ben franklin wood burning stove. The franklin stove was the very first version of a modern wood fireplace insert created by benjamin franklin and designed to be more efficient and safe than open burning fireplaces.
399 00 0 bids shipping. Benjamin franklin the father of a variety of great inventions is known for its excellent contributions to society. Wood fireplace insertsopen fireplaceben franklin inventionsfranklin stoveiron furnacelightning rodcast iron stovevintage stovestraditional fireplace. Also referred to as a pennsylvania fireplace or a circulating stove the design used two distinctive features a hollow baffle and an inverted siphon to harness more of the fires heat when compared to an ordinary open fireplace.
How we installed a ben franklin wood stove in the log cabin. Franklin wood stoves over 250 years ago a new revolutionary wood stove was built by non other than benjamin franklin. It was intended to produce more heat and less smoke than an ordinary open fireplace but it achieved few sales until it. People who saw the first experimental versions of the mini franklin gas heater thought they were toys or a scaled down version of bigger stoves.
The franklin stove also known as the pennsylvania fireplace is the predecessor to modern fireplace inserts. Mouse over to zoom click to enlarge. Yes it had flaws and yes it was redesigned by franklin and many others. The franklin wood stoves have stood the test of time and many are still being used today.
The free standing stove invention was designed to fit directly into. Though benjamin franklin is credited with its invention the franklin stove is really the culmination of improvements made over time to his pennsylvania fireplace which he produced in 1741. Have one to sell. The shipping weight in the manual is 400 lbs.
One of our favorites is the franklin stove. The franklin stove is a metal lined fireplace named after benjamin franklin who invented it in 1741. 200 00 shipping.