Papers. 1776-1813.

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Papers. 1776-1813.

Correspondence, documents, and other mss. by, or relating to, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. Originals in European and American public and private collections.

ca. 1250 items. ; with 3 boxes of transcripts.

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Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814

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Scientist and inventor; lived in New Hampshire; also known as Sir Benjamin Thompson Rumford. From the description of Family papers, 1747-1852. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963873 Rumford, an applied physicist and inventor, as well as a soldier of fortune, and philanthropist, was born in Massachusetts, but after siding with the British in the American Revolution, lived mostly in England, Bavaria, and France. He studied heat, gunpowder, coo...