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Meanings of Count Rumford in English

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benjamin thompson
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benjamin thompson
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benjamin thompson

English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)

benjamin thompson
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Examples for "Thompson"
Examples for "Thompson"
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson resigned, a government official said.
The Irish Times
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David Thompson reviewed the marketing used today and in years gone by.
BBC
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RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson said the funding boost was good news.
Radio NZ
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According to Dr Chris Thompson, consultant endocrinologist, diabetes is a growing problem.
The Irish Times
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Nicholas Thompson: Thank you for taking the time to talk with us.
Wired
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John Woodbridge, Robert Woodmansie, Benjamin Thompson, Ezekiel Cheever, Rev.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2
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He was born Benjamin Thompson, March 26, 1753, at Woburn, Massachusetts, but is better known as Count von Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
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Benjamin Thompson, early in life abandoned a home and a country which his fellow citizens had made intolerable.
Priestley in America, 1794-1804
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Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) successfully applied his knowledge to increase the convenience, economy, and comfort of mankind.
Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
Usage of Count Rumford in English
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The British were commanded by Col. Thompson, afterwards the celebrated Count Rumford.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History ...
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I had no idea that the address was to be about Count Rumford.
The Bobbin Boy; or, How Nat Got His learning
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For this communication, Count Rumford's gold medal was presented to him.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10,...
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This the end of Volume 1 of Count Rumford's Essays
Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1
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I will immediately order for you, unless you immediately countermand it, Count Rumford's Essays; in No.
Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1
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One of the first experimental investigations into the real nature of Heat was made in 1798 by Count Rumford.
Aether and Gravitation
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To-day nobody questions it; and we go back to Sir Humphry Davy and Count Rumford for our proofs, too.
Our Unitarian Gospel
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Benjamin Thompson ( Count Rumford) successfully applied his knowledge to increase the convenience, economy, and comfort of mankind.
Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
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First, that heat is a mode of motion was proved by Sir Humphry Davy and Count Rumford before 1820.
Our Unitarian Gospel
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The argand lamps of Jefferson's invention and the various illuminating and heating contrivances of Count Rumford must have been welcome to the colonists.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England
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Such an ingenious person was Count Rumford; and he and his successors have landed us in the theory of the persistence, or indestructibility, of force.
Lectures and Essays
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Count Rumford's "Essays" you shall have by the next parcel.
Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1
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'How sweet those tears were to me,' says Count Rumford, 'can easily be imagined.'
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
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"That is the portrait of Count Rumford," Mrs. Hepburn said.
The Morgesons: A Novel
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"-("CountRumford," pages 18-24.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
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