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Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford

USA: The MIT Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0262021382. 361 pages. Index. Reference notes. Black and white illustrations. Subject was "One of the most fascinating and complex men of his period (1753-1814). Soldier of fortune, spy, womanizer, autocrat, inventor, adventurer, an American expatriated to England who did his most productive scientific work in Munich and who died in France, a man devoted to relieving the suffering of the poor." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. Binding sound.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford Scientists Great Britain Caloric Theory Heat Light Heat Flow. Fair in Fair dust jacket .

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