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Stanford
13 Woodburning and Coal Stove
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| Terms such as "sustainable" and
"environmentally friendly" are now so widely used
that it is often forgotten how recently our attitudes towards
the world has changed and in 1845, when Nestor Martin opened
his iron casting foundry, industrial pollution was considered
by many to be evidence of purpose and productivity rather
than the mismanagement of our resources. Nestor Martin was
a man who believed that because the fundamentals of engineering
were based on the laws of nature all engineering should be
in sympathy with nature. His ambition to build stoves of extreme
efficiency was not just a desire to demonstrate his technical
expertise, it was his commitment to wanting control of the
natural phenomenon of fire without disturbing the cycle in
which nature dismantles and recreates. His commitment went
beyond the stoves themselves, his foundry was built deep in
the forests of the Ardennes , which
provided a sustainable fuel supply of wood for the foundry's
furnaces. |
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