How One Settler's 'Stupid' Fireplace Corner Position Made His Cabin 22 Degrees Warmer Than Neighbors

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Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, 1884. While every settler rushed to build standard fireplaces against their cabin walls before winter, Scottish immigrant Duncan Mloud was still positioning stones in late October. His neighbors called it structural madness. They called him a fool. Mloud angled his fireplace at exactly 45° to both corner walls, a position ... Read More