Se ee ae — stn Stoves.
Sharp, James, of Leadenhall Street, London. **K11.64 An account of the principle and effects of the air stove-grates, (which warm rooms, &c. by a continual introduction and ex- change of dry fresh air,) commonly known by the name of Ameri-
can stoves ... 7th edition.
London. Sold by B. White... [1781.] 18, (1) pp. Plates. 8°, obl.
“These stoves are called American, because the first pattern. . . were the invention of ... Benjamin Franklin.”
Pp. 4-8 are quoted from pp. 23-32 of An account of the new invented Penn- sylvanian fire-places, by Benjamin Franklin [**K.26.39]. [This work is kept on the Special Libraries Floor.]
 
This card was printed at the Boston
G7972 — Franklin, Benjamin. — Stoves.
Public Library, September 15, 1908.