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jan 1, 1790 - Rumford Stove (predecessor of the cooktop range invented)

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Benjamin Rumford (Count Rumford), a Fellow of the Royal Society, a prolific inventor and a pioneering famous researcher in heat and thermodynamics invented the first range stove; which are essentially individual, temperature-controlled 'holes' above and next to his Rumford Fireplace.

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jan 1, 1790
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~ 236 years ago