Join us at the Golden Ball Tavern Museum for an in-person program with author and Harvard professor Joyce Chaplin titled “The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution.”
Dr. Chaplin shares the fascinating story of Benjamin Franklin, his sets of inventions and Pennsylvania’s central role in the early industrial America. She explores “American techno-optimism” and the attempts to address the 18th century energy and climate crises . Due to deforestation, the colonists struggled to fuel their fireplaces during the Little Ice Age, in roughly 1300 – 1850. Benjamin Franklin firmly believed he could invent his way out of the climate crisis resulting in a cast iron stove named for him. Learn more about this intriguing intersection of history, science and technology.
The program will be held in the museum’s Visitors Center on March 31st, from 7 – 8 p.m. and is FREE for members. There will be a $10 charge for non-members. Light refreshments will be served. (Not a member yet? You can JOIN HERE.).
Registration is required for this program – register HERE.
Dr. Joyce E. Chaplin is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University. She is the author of The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius, and has published works in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the London Review of Books.