Ben Franklin was a man of many ideas. He was able to come up with hundreds of inventions
which played big roles at that time and for the future. He greatly affected the lives of many
people around the world at that time period and at this time period with the things that he had
One of Ben Franklin's greatest inventions was the Franklin stove. He took the model of
the old stove and made it even better and more energy sufficient. The people of Philadelphia
wanted the Franklin stove for two main reasons. The first reason is it gave off two times more
heat than the old wood burning stoves. The second reason is it used one half the energy required
for the old wood burning stoves(Cousins 88). This means that people didn't have to chop down
as many trees and split as much wood. They were able to used the wood for more useful things
than just burning it. Ben wrote, "Since wood has become so expensive, any new proposal for
saving the wood may at least be worth consideration"(Parker 13). They could use wood to build
house or any other kinds of building or structures. They could also used the extra wood to build
furniture and other things for the inside of their houses. Also there would be a lot of extra wood
because less wood was required for burning. It was also was a lot less dangerous because it was
a closed flame rather than an open fire. Ben found out that the women in his family that stayed
home each day, did not get as many cold and toothaches as they used to(Cousins 89). "Soon
every women in Philadelphia wanted a Franklin stove"(Cousins 89).
"The Pennsylvania authorities were very pleased. They offered Franklin the
patent for his design of the stove. This meant that he could earn money for every
Franklin stove made. He refused saying that he was glad to be able to serve others."
This was a truly great inventions for the people of that...