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Franklin stove † [< Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, 1706-90]

• any of several kinds of iron heating stoves resembling a fireplace and patterned on a stove invented by Benjamin Franklin.

  See also: Franklin ((2))  Franklin fireplace  

  • 1797  For Sale--A Franklin Stove Complete.
  • 1833  (1838)  Our parlour is warmed by a handsome Franklin stove.
  • 1954  Across the hall Anse got up and stretched and threw a cigarette butt at the Franklin stove.