Franklin Stove

Benjamin Franklin, "Description of a new Stove for burning of Pitcoal, and consuming all its Smoke," Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1786.

This engraving of the Franklin Stove was published in the 1786 issue of the APS Transactions. Franklin set out to design a "new stove for burning of pitcoal, and consuming all its Smoke," which he impressively managed to do at 80 years old, while at sea.