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When you stop to think about it, it’s funny how civilisation can hinge on the smallest, most insignificant things. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin thanks to a twist of fate, while no-one would have expected the silicon chip to have as drastic an effect on society as it has. Amazingly, the humble chimney was just as groundbreaking an invention to the world of domestic heating, and without it, we’d never have been able invent heating oil central heating systems or to settle comfortably in Northern Europe, North America and the other frigid reaches of the globe. Here’s how the chimney was first created, and how it changed the world.Many hundreds of years before heating oil was first used to warm the homes of countryside residents, people used to rely on central hearths and fire pits for warmth. Entire families would crowd around these heat sources, and because there was only one per home, only one room would be heated, if there were rooms at all. Privacy was at a minimum, and smoke would billow throughout the house – there would often be a hole in the roof to vent the smoke, but it let in the elements and did a pretty rudimentary job when it came to ridding the home of smoke. People lived like this for hundreds of years, and if society was going to make any drastic progression, something needed to change...
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Amazing home heating inventions: the chimney
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Before the days of central heating and heating oil, people used to heat their homes with open fires and hearths. Before the chimney was invented however, these were next to useless...
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