THE FRANKLIN STOVE
Walking along the streets in winter, Benjamin Franklin discovered many poverty-stricken people with their children shivering over small tires kindled by a little “charity wood,” and his heart was filled with a deep compassion for their unfortunate condition. In a letter to a friend, he wrote: “Since we can get no more wood for the poor, we must try from that wood to get more warmth for them.” And so lie set to work examining the construction of the stoves generally in use, and was able to effect many improvements. Then came into being the famous Franklin Stove—a stove wherein one cord of charity oak would afford as much heat and comfort as two cords in the old way 1
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 124, 19 February 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)
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123THE FRANKLIN STOVE Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 124, 19 February 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)
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