Engineering:Latrobe Stove
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The Latrobe Stove, also known as a "Baltimore Heater", was a coal-fired parlor heater made of cast iron and fitted into fireplaces as an insert. It served both as a heater and a stove. They were patented in 1846[1] and were very popular by the 1870s. The squat device was invented by John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe (1803–1891).[2] He was the son of noted engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe II. Latrobe became a patent lawyer and was shy about taking credit for his stoves which succeeded Benjamin Franklin's much larger Franklin stove.[1]
In 1980 there were a small number of antique stove restorers but most old stoves were used for decoration or as planters.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pbreber (October 11, 2016). "Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD: John H. B. Latrobe's patented heating stove - Latrobe Stove - 1846". http://historichomeshowardcounty.blogspot.com/2016/10/john-h-b-latrobes-patented-heating.html.
- ↑ John Havelhurst Boneval Latrobe, Maryland State Archives
- ↑ Blake, Harriet L. (August 31, 1980). "Putting the Fire Back in Granny's Old Wood Stove". https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/08/31/putting-the-fire-back-in-grannys-old-wood-stove/650b5436-211d-4abe-9488-4be3651d538b/.
Further reading
- Iron Men and Their Dogs Baltimore: 1941 by Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe
- A History of Hayward And Friend, 1837-1840, Stovemakers.
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