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An interesting relic : discovery of part of one of Baron Stiegel's stoves

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1915
An Interesting Relic Discovery of Part of One of Baron Stiegle's Stoves. The late Mr. John F. Sehner, who resided at No. 120 North Prince street, this city, a number of years ago un- earthed a very interesting relic, prob- ably the oldest-known or well-authen- ticated piece of iron casting made in
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Responsibility
by Samuel Miller Sener.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
153-155 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 5
Subjects
Stiegel, Henry William, - 1729-1785.
Stoves, Wood - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 5 (1915), p. 153-155Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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The Bible in iron : pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans; notes on colonial firebacks in the United States, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace, and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the United States and Canada

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Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Date of Publication
1941.
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
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Author
Mercer, Henry Chapman,
Edition
Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.
Place of Publication
Doylestown, Pa
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1941.
Physical Description
[6] 216 p. : plates, port. ;
Notes
Bound with: Old Home Week , Manheim, Pa. (1912) and History of Lancaster (1870)
Bibliography: p. 206-208.
Contents
Chapters : The decorated iron stoves of Europe /// The decorated iron stoves of colonial America /// Notes on colonial firebacks, date plates and miscellaneous stoves
Summary
Contains notes on colonial firebacks in the US, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the US and Canada.
Subjects
Stoves.
Stove-plates.
Christian art and symbolism.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
749 D754 1914
749 M554
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Coal stove invented by Lancaster man

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931.
purposes of the common ten plate stove in a family. We understand that one of these stoves in constant use, as well in cooking as in warming a room during the last winter, has not consumed quite a ton of coal ; and that a ten plate stove formerly in the same situation, and used for the same purposes
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931.
Physical Description
23 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 1
Summary
Three paragraph article citing an 1830 Lancaster Journal article that states that a Mr Benedict had obtained a patent for a coal fired stove for cooking and heating. The advantages of using coal wer said to be that foods could be cooked without a smoky taste and that coal was safer to use. The article says that one ton of coal kept the stove in constant use for the winter while a wood burning stove would require three or more cords of wood.
Subjects
Stoves, Coal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Inventions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 1 (1931), p. 23Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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Lancaster Motorist : special toll-free Columbia bridge number

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Call Number
624.2 L224
Notes
v. 31, no. 10, January 1943.
Contents
Final plans under way to free Columbia Bridge -- Remember when--back in 1930--the bridge was being built? -- Freeing of toll writes new chapter in hisotry of Columbia Bridge--Roll [sic] Automobile Club is recalled -- John Wright's gateway by Dean Gable -- Franklin's fireplace recalled.
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Susquehanna River.
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Bridges - Pennsylvania - York County.
Fireplaces - United States.
Stoves.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
624.2 L224
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Philip Benedict, inventor of stoves

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Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1943.
has mentioned in text and footnote, or with photographs, are worthy of a place in the permanent records of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Philip Benedict, inventor of Stoves By M. LUTHER HEISEY There appeared in our Proceedings, vol. 35, p. 23, a story concerning a Mr. Benedict, inventor of
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Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1943.
Physical Description
58-[60] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 47, no. 3
Subjects
Benedict, Philip, - 1771-1862.
Stoves.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 47, number 3 (1943), p. 58-60Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.47
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Author
Gamon, Albert T.
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.28
Author
Gamon, Albert T.
Physical Description
12-16 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Folklife, v.28, no.4, Summer 1979.
Subjects
Wentz, Peter.
Stoves.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.28
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