The Stove Revolution
The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Climate Control: A History of Heating & Cooling.” You can listen to the entire episode here.
Historian Howell Harris explains why the Franklin Stove was mis-named, and what winter was like in the North before the stove revolution caught fire.
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Excerpted from: Climate Control: A History of Heating & Cooling
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[...] The Stove Revolution — Howell Harris explains why the Franklin Stove was mis-named, and what winter was like in the North before the stove revolution caught fire. [...]
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