The Little Ice Age was a period of regional cooling, particularly in Europe and North America, roughly from 1300 to 1850. The winter of 1740-1741 was exceptionally cold in North America. And as Benjamin Franklin looked around his house and neighborhood in Philadelphia, he saw a problem in need of fixing: energy going to waste as people consumed wood to keep their homes warm. [Read more…] about The Franklin Stove & The Little Ice Age