Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 82
s led to the inventionof the modern stove. Wehave learned that the originof the stove is to be sought inthe ancient brazier. In themiddle ages the brazier inFrance took on a new form.Here was a fire-box withopenings at the bottom fordrafts of air and arrange-ments at the top for cookingthings. This… … FIG. 6.—A STOVE OF THE MIDDLE AGES. 640 STORIES OF USEFUL INVENTIONS. named Savot, about two hundred years ago.We owe the invention of the chimney to Eng-land, but for the stove we are indebted toFrance. The Frenchman built him an ironfire-box, with openings for drafts, and con-nected the box with…
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