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Meanings of Count Rumford in английском

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

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        Usage of Count Rumford in английском
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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 ...
        2
        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
        Translations for Count Rumford
        португальский
        benjamin thompson
        каталонский
        benjamin thompson
        испанский
        benjamin thompson