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Knight of the White Eagle : Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford of Woburn, Mass. /

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Main Author: Sparrow, W. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, T.Y. Crowell Co. [1965, ©1964]
Subjects and Genres:
Rumford, Benjamin, > Graf von, > 1753-1814.
Rumford, > Sir Benjamin Thompson, Comte von, > 1753-1814.
Physicists > United States.
Social reformers > United States.
Physiciens > États-Unis.
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis.
Social reformers.
Physicists.
United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Bright morning
  • Royalist and informer
  • Junior minister
  • Regimental commander
  • From aide-de-camp to 'Excellency'
  • Founder of the Royal Institution (1): the days of enthusiasm
  • Founder of the Royal Institution (2): the days of disillusion
  • Personal and family affairs
  • Master of fuel and fire
  • Philanthropist and reformer
  • Man of science: his earlier work
  • Man of science: the nature of heat
  • Man of science: further important researches
  • Man of science: later researches
  • Clouded evening.

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