The Collected Works of Count Rumford

by Count Rumford and Benjamin Thompson

Like his countryman and contemporary Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Thompson (later Count Rumford) aimed by his inventions and scientific research to increase the degree of comfort in daily life. During fourteen years spent in Munich, he made important reforms in the city's public service and social welfare institutions; he also introduced improvements in the hospitals and workhouses in Ireland, England, and Italy. His goals were practical, and his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674139542
• ISBN13: 9780674139541
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 514 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.6"