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[[Image:Franklin stove.jpg|right|244px|thumb|A Franklin stove]] |
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The '''Franklin stove''' (named after its inventor, [[Benjamin Franklin]]) is a metal-lined [[fireplace]] with [[baffle]]s in the rear to improve the airflow, providing more heat and less smoke than an ordinary open fireplace. It is also known as the '''circulating stove'''. Although in current usage the term "stove" implies a closed [[Firebox (architecture)|firebox]], the front of a Franklin stove is open to the room. |
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While Franklin is often credited with its invention, some historians believe the circulating stove was actually invented 70 years prior to Franklin's creation of Media stoves. The [[metallurgy]] at the time, however, required that it be made of cast iron, which cracked when fired. This caused smoke to pass through the cracks and into the room: as a result, the original inventors did not [[patent]] or sell their device. Franklin saw designed a similar stove with more advanced metallurgy and was successful in making it work—at some point in 1742, according to his own account. |
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| genre = [[Police drama]] |
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| creator = [[Bruno Heller]] |
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| director = [[Chris Long]]<br>[[David Nutter]] |
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| starring = [[Simon Baker]]<br>[[Robin Tunney]]<br>[[Owain Yeoman]]<br>Tim Kang<br>[[Amanda Righetti]]<br><!-- OTHER PRINCIPAL ACTORS GO HERE br>[[Shaun Toub]]<br>[[Hugh Dillon]]<br>[[Amy Jo Johnson]]<br>[[David Paetkau]]<br>[[Gabriel Hogan]] --> |
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| language = [[English language|English]] |
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| num_episodes = 2 |
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| list_episodes = List of The Mentalist episodes |
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| executive_producer = [[Bruno Heller]]<br>[[David Nutter]] |
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| co_exec = Ashley Gable<br>[[Chris Long]] |
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| producer = Charles Goldstein |
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| runtime = 1 hour (including commercials) |
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| network = [[CBS]] |
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| first_aired = [[September 23]] [[2008]] |
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| website = http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_mentalist/ |
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In Franklin's original design the opening to the [[flue]] (behind the baffles) was in the floor of the stove, requiring the hot exhaust gases to flow downward before going up the chimney. However, others soon improved the design and Franklin himself made a much improved version with better fume extraction and a provision for the use of coal, sometime in the 1770s. |
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'''''The Mentalist''''' is a [[CBS]] [[police drama]] [[television series]] which debuted on September 23, 2008 on [[CBS]].<ref>Michael Schneider, "[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988126.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 CBS sets premieres after debates]" ''Variety'' June 26, 2008</ref> |
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Franklin placed the design in the [[public domain]], as he did with all of his other inventions, and refused offers by others to obtain patents for him. He clearly indicated in his writings his preference in such matters: "... as I enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." |
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Starring Golden Globe Award nominee [[Simon Baker]] as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation. Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium, whose paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. Jane's role in cracking a series of tough high-profile cases is greatly valued by his fellow agents. However, no-nonsense Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon openly resists having Jane in her unit and alternates between reluctantly acknowledging Jane's usefulness and blasting him for his theatrics, narcissism and dangerous lack of boundaries. Lisbon's team includes agents Kimball Cho, Wayne Rigsby and rookie member Grace Van Pelt, who all think Jane's a loose cannon but admire his charm and knack for clearing cases. |
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Tales of the origins of the stove mention Franklin's desire to attain a greater degree of domestic comfort, fireplaces having then too many inconveniences. At the time, [[Philadelphia]], where Franklin lived, was the biggest city in [[British Empire|British]] [[North America]] and that wood was becoming scarce and costly, given the ever rising demand and the high cost of transporting it. His stove was described by his contemporaries as giving off twice the amount of heat as a normal fireplace for a third of the wood consumed. |
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The pilot episode had an audience of 15.6 million viewers in its first airing, and 7.8 million in a re-airing three days later. It also introduced some of Jane's backstory, indicating that his wife and daughter had been murdered five years before the series began by a [[serial killer]] known as "Red John." |
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The stove became very popular and gradually replaced open fireplaces. To this day, most American fireplaces are box-shaped, similar to the Franklin stove. The exception is the [[Rumford fireplace]], developed by [[Benjamin Thompson]]. |
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After CBS observed the ratings of The Mentalist, it ordered six more scripts, tallying up the total episodes to 19. |
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== Cast == |
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==External links== |
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| Patrick Jane || [[Simon Baker]] |
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| Teresa Lisbon || [[Robin Tunney]] |
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| Wayne Rigsby || [[Owain Yeoman]] |
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| Kimball Cho || Tim Kang |
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| Grace Van Pelt || [[Amanda Righetti]] |
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* [http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/franklin.html The Franklin stove at the Lemelson-MIT Program] |
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==Episode list== |
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* [http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/frankstove.htm The Franklin Stove at The Great Idea Finder] |
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{{main|List of The Mentalist episodes}} |
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[[Category:Fireplaces]] |
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==U.S. Nielsen ratings== |
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[[Category:Inventions]] |
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===Weekly ratings=== |
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[[Category:Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning]] |
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[[Category:Benjamin Franklin]] |
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[[Category:1742 introductions]] |
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| style="text-align:center" | '''1''' |
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| "Pilot" |
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| September 23, 2008 |
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| style="text-align:center" rowspan=9| Tuesday<br/>9:00 P.M. |
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! style="text-align:center" rowspan=9| 2008-2009 |
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! style="text-align:center" | 9.5/15 |
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! style="text-align:center" | 3.5/9 |
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! style="text-align:center" | 15.6 |
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! style="text-align:center" | #10 |
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| style="text-align:center" | '''2''' |
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| "Red Hair and Silver Tape" |
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| September 30, 2008 |
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! style="text-align:center" | 9.7/15 |
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! style="text-align:center" | 3.6/9 |
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! style="text-align:center" | 15.4 |
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! style="text-align:center" | #6 |
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| style="text-align:center" | '''3''' |
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| "Red Tide" |
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| October 14, 2008 |
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! style="text-align:center" | TBA |
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! style="text-align:center" | TBA |
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| style="text-align:center" | '''4''' |
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| "Ladies in Red" |
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| October 21, 2008 |
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! style="text-align:center" | TBA |
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! style="text-align:center" | TBA |
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! style="text-align:center" | TBA |
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| style="text-align:center" | '''5''' |
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| "Red Brick and Ivy" |
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| October 28, 2008 |
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! style="text-align:center" | TBA |
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! style="text-align:center" | TBA |
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==International broadcasts== |
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The series airs on [[A (television system)|A]] in [[Canada]] concurrently with its American broadcast. The series debuted on the [[Nine Network]] in Australia on the 8th of October, 2008. |
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==Similarity to other shows== |
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The series' premise has several parallels to the [[USA Network]] series ''[[Psych]]''. The main characters each have highly developed skills of observation and deduction. Also, both characters work as freelancers or consultants with local California law enforcement, largely to the consternation of their superiors. |
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The character of Patrick Jane, has some traits similar to that of the main characters of [[List of Dexter characters|Dexter]], and [[Life (TV series)|Life]]. The series also similar in its elements to the [[USA Network]] series [[Monk (TV Series)|Monk]]. |
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== References == |
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http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/09/ncis-blasts-com.html |
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http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings092308,0,3170957.story |
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http://xml.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings093008,0,2843275.story |
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http://www.nielsen.com/media/toptens_television.html |
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<a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_mentalist/about/">CBS - The Mentalist - About</a> |
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Revision as of 15:58, 10 October 2008
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The Franklin stove (named after its inventor, Benjamin Franklin) is a metal-lined fireplace with baffles in the rear to improve the airflow, providing more heat and less smoke than an ordinary open fireplace. It is also known as the circulating stove. Although in current usage the term "stove" implies a closed firebox, the front of a Franklin stove is open to the room. While Franklin is often credited with its invention, some historians believe the circulating stove was actually invented 70 years prior to Franklin's creation of Media stoves. The metallurgy at the time, however, required that it be made of cast iron, which cracked when fired. This caused smoke to pass through the cracks and into the room: as a result, the original inventors did not patent or sell their device. Franklin saw designed a similar stove with more advanced metallurgy and was successful in making it work—at some point in 1742, according to his own account.
In Franklin's original design the opening to the flue (behind the baffles) was in the floor of the stove, requiring the hot exhaust gases to flow downward before going up the chimney. However, others soon improved the design and Franklin himself made a much improved version with better fume extraction and a provision for the use of coal, sometime in the 1770s.
Franklin placed the design in the public domain, as he did with all of his other inventions, and refused offers by others to obtain patents for him. He clearly indicated in his writings his preference in such matters: "... as I enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously."
Tales of the origins of the stove mention Franklin's desire to attain a greater degree of domestic comfort, fireplaces having then too many inconveniences. At the time, Philadelphia, where Franklin lived, was the biggest city in British North America and that wood was becoming scarce and costly, given the ever rising demand and the high cost of transporting it. His stove was described by his contemporaries as giving off twice the amount of heat as a normal fireplace for a third of the wood consumed.
The stove became very popular and gradually replaced open fireplaces. To this day, most American fireplaces are box-shaped, similar to the Franklin stove. The exception is the Rumford fireplace, developed by Benjamin Thompson.