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| Name: |
Rumford, Count | | Variant Name: |
Benjamin Thompson | | Birth Date: |
March 26, 1753 | | Death Date: |
August 24, 1814 | | Place of Birth: |
Woburn, Massachusetts, United States | | Place of Death: |
Auteuil, France | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
physicist |
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Biography of Benjamin (Count Rumford) Thompson
1,159 words, approx. 4 pages
 Benjamin Thompson was something of a soldier-of-fortune: he was a spy for the British during the Revolutionary War; he used his position of influence in the government to take bribes and he worked for several countries to advance the science of...
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Biography of Rumford, Count
1,124 words, approx. 4 pages
 The American-born British physicist Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814), is best known for his attacks on the caloric theory of heat. Benjamin Thompson was born on March 26, 1753, in Woburn, Mass. He received only 2 years of formal education...
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Biography of Benjamin Thompson Rumford
1,069 words, approx. 4 pages
 Benjamin Thompson was something of a soldier-of-fortune: he was a spy for the British during the Revolutionary War; he used his position of influence in the government to take bribes; and he worked for several countries to advance the science of...



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Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford) (1753–1814) Summary
1,199 words, approx. 4 pages Figure 3. Schematic of a refrigerator. Benjamin Thompson, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1753, acquired a deep interest in books and scientific instruments as a youth, and matured into a person of great charm and intellect. In 1772 he...
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Benjamin Thompson Summary
623 words, approx. 2 pages 1753-1814 British Physicist, Inventor, and Diplomat As a scientist, Benjamin Thompson, also known as Count Rumford, is best remembered for his discoveries that provided the foundation for modern theories of heat and for a number of practical inventions...
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Benjamin Thompson Information
1,559 words, approx. 5 pages
 Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (in German: Reichsgraf von Rumford) (26 March 1753 - 21 August 1814) was an Anglo-American physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th century revolution in...



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