The Collected Works of Count Rumford

by C. Rumford and ed. Brown, Sanborn C.

Benjamin Thompson (later Count Rumford) aimed by his inventions and scientific research to increase the degree of comfort in daily life. His goals were practical and his contributions to our knowledge of the nature of heat proved extremely valuable. Between 1870 and 1875, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston published all of Rumford's papers that the Academy committee was able to find. The Academy edition, however, has long been...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674139534
• ISBN13: 9780674139534
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.6"