The Collected Works Of Count Rumford. Volume I: The Nature Of Heat
Language: English
Published by Belknap Press / Harvard University Pess, 1968
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Xi, 507 Pp. Light Blue Cloth. First Printing. Fine In Ner Fine Dust Jacket Priced $10.00. No Marks. Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, Frs (German: Reichsgraf Von Rumford; 1753 – 1814) Was A British Physicist, Born In Colonial Massachusetts,[1] And Inventor Whose Challenges To Established Physical Theory Were Part Of The 19Th-Century Revolution In Thermodynamics. He Served As Lieutenant-Colonel Of The King's American Dragoons, Part Of The British Loyalist Forces, During The American Revolutionary War. After The End Of The War He Moved To London, Where His Administrative Talents Were Recognized When He Was Appointed A Full Colonel, And In 1784 He Received A Knighthood From King George Iii. A Prolific Designer, Thompson Also Drew Designs For Warships. He Later Moved To Bavaria And Entered Government Service There, Being Appointed Bavarian Army Minister And Re-Organizing The Army, And, In 1792, Was Made A Count Of The Holy Roman Empire.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Collected Works Of Count Rumford. Volume I: The Nature Of Heat
- Author
- Thompson, Benjamin, Count Rumford; Edited By Sanborn C. Brown
- Publisher
- Belknap Press / Harvard University Pess
- Publication year
- 1968
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Chemistry, Physics, Science (general)
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