RUMFORD, Benjamin Thompson, Count (1753-1814)..:

An Enquiry concerning the Nature of Heat, and the Mode of its Communication. Read February 2, 1804. [Printed in:] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, for the year MDCCCIV, Part I.

London 1804. 4to, 30cm. Pp. 77-182 [whole volume: pp. viii,190;26], 6 finely engraved figures on 2 plates. Plain modern interim wrappers, uncut. Small neat repair to blank part of title-page, some faint foxing or toning, generally very good. - First appearance of Rumford's second large paper on the mechanical equivalent of heat, in which he overthrows the caloric theory. It is one of the autho'r important steps towards the conception of the principle of the "conservation of energy". - Rare.

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Book number: 17811

RUMFORD, COUNT [BENJAMIN THOMSON]

Essay VII. The Manner in Which Heat Is Propogated in Fluids... Condensation of Water... Saltness of the Sea

London: T Cadell, 1797. First Edition. Blue hardback board cover. (More images available on request). 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). [viii], 104pp + plates. 2 b/w plates. Experimental Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical.. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Cover rubbed and soiled with loss to spine .

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Book number: L1549g

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Science 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian

RUMFORD (Sir Benjamin Thompson), Count of:

Essays, Political, Economical and Philosophical. The Third Edition. [Volume 1].

London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies..., 1797, 1798, [?1802]. 3 volumes in 2. 8vo, pp. [viii], 464; [vi], 496; iv, 191 [192 blank, 193 - 194 adverts], 6 engraved plates in volume 1, 12 engraved plates (including one folding) in volume 2, 13 engraved plates in third volume, recently recased in modern grey boards, black lettering to spine. There is no title-page as such for the third volume, which begins on a1r with the Advertisement. It is not clear that this is volume 3 until the drop-title for Essay X (On the Construction of Kitchen Fire-Places) on B1r, where the lower running volume number is "Vol. III." The volume probably wasn't issued with the first edition of volume 2 without a title-page, but it would probably have been a singleton. In any case the volumes as they are contain the first ten essays of a collection that eventually reached four volumes. The tenth essay is in two parts and comprises 191 pages. Rumford's topics are wide-ranging including g essays on the poor, on food, on chimneys and fire-places, on fuel and heat, and on kitchens.

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Book number: 4634

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: science technology prose

RUMFORD, COUNT [BENJAMIN THOMSON]

The Management of Fire, and the Economy of Fuel. Experimental Essays. Essay VI

London: T Cadell & W Davies, 1797. First Edition. Blue hardback board cover. (More images available on request). 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). [iv], 196pp + plates. 6 b/w plates. Experimental Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical.. G: in good condition. Marking and minor abrasion to cover. Re-spined. Previous owner inscription to front inner cover. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic foxing .

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Book number: 1322

Catalogue: Engineering

Keywords: Engineering 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Essays

Rumford, Benjamin Count of

Philosophical papers: Being a collection of memoirs, dissertations, and experimental investigations, relating to various branches of natural philosophy and mechanics. Together with letters to several persons on subjects connected with science and useful improvement. Vol I.

London, T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Strand, 1802. Original gilt half calf on five raised bands with corners, gilt library-vignet in the middle of the frontcover, portrait-frontispiece by Kellerhofen and Rauschmayr, XXIV, 390pp. and XIII folding plates with numerous engravings at rear. Ca. 21,5 x 13 cm.Although marked as Volume I, there is no more published; the vignet on the frontcover: "Royal Engineers Library" and "UBIQUE". Corners a little bumped; good copy. Contains various papers including Experiments on Gunpowder, Experiments made with Cannon and some attempts to improve Field Artillery, Experiments on Production of Air from Water, Intensities of Light emitted by Luminous Bodies, Experiments on Coloured Shadows, Conjectures respecting the Principles of the Harmony of Colours, Enquiry concerning Chemical Properties attributed to Light, etc. Thompson was well known for his technological innovation, and he studied gunpowder and illumination throughout his life.

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Book number: 32287

Catalogue: Negentiende eeuw

Keywords: Militaria Negentiende eeuw Oorlog Oude boeken Techniek Wetenschappen

Sinclair, John Count Rumford Benjamin Thompson

Essay IV of Chimney Fire-Places with Proposals for improving them to save fuel

London, 1796. First Edition. Paperback. G- disbound x, 303-387,contents 2 pp Good.

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Book number: 17510

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: BUILDING SCIENCE

THOMPSON Benjamin (COUNT RUMFORD)

An essay on chimney fire-places : with proposals for improving them, to save fuel ... Illustrated with engravings

London? 1796 (3rd edition?) ii, 68pp, 14 bw illustrations on fold out plates 21x14, unbound Covers and title page missing, contents page missing substantial pieces only slightly impacting text, edges of plates rough, a couple of pencil marks. Damaged copy of Rumford's classic work. The pagination matches the description of the third edition, but without the title page and imprint it is difficult to be sure. Rumford (he became a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1791 in recognition of his work for the Prince-Elector of Bavaria) was a polymath, whose achievements ranged from furnaces to nutritious soup for the poor. Born in America, he was a Loyalist in the War of Independence, and ended up in London, then Paris and Munich. As well as solving the problems of inefficient fireplaces he helped to found the Royal Institute, and - apparently - invented thermal underwear. One of the great Enlightenment figures.

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Book number: 38733

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Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford

Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical

London, T. Cadell Jun. And W. Davies, 1797-1798 . Leather. Two early editions of Benjamin Thompson's collection of nine essays on a range of subjects, illustrated throughout. A scarce mixed edition two volume set of the essays of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, an American-born British physicist who took part in the nineteenth century revolution in thermodynamics.With the third edition of volume I, published in 1797, consisting of essays I to V. Illustrated with fourteen figures. Collated, complete.With the fourth edition of volume II, published in 1798, consisting of essays VI to IX. Illustrated with twelve plates, one folding. Collated, complete.With each volume retaining the original half title.ESTC reference volume I T478828; ESTC reference volume II T123758Smart early editions of this collection of nine essays on topics including the poor, food, fire, and the military. In half calf bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Rubbing to back strips, joints, and board perimeters. Front joint of volume I, rear joint of volume II, and head and tail of rear joint of volume I and front joint of volume II starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot or light handling mark. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 843F16

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Keywords: Benjamin Thompson rumford essays rumford None

THOMPSON, SIR BENJAMIN COUNT OF RUMFORD F.R.S.

Experiments to determine the Force of fired Gunpowder.

1797. Hardcover. Book, 4to, from Phil. Trans. 1797, p222-292, 3 tables, 2 fldg plates including one of a cannon. (Preceded by 3p 'On the action of nitre upon gold & platina' by Smithson Tennant). Neatly rebound at some time in cloth, gilt lettering on spine, by Henry Sotheran. Sl browning to first page & plates, red edges. DNB: Count Rumford founded the Royal Institution in 1799. He made mechanical inventions with a view to ameliorating domestic life, and was the first to determine that 'heat is a mode of motion', after observing 'the immense amount of heat generated when cannon were bored'. Very Good.

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Book number: 001531

Catalogue: History of Science