The Collected Works: Public Institutions v. 5: Volume V (The Collected Works of Count Rumford) - Hardcover

Rumford, Count

 
9780674139558: The Collected Works: Public Institutions v. 5: Volume V (The Collected Works of Count Rumford)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0674139550 ISBN 13: 9780674139558
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1974

Synopsis

An American of wide-ranging interests and overflowing energy, Benjamin Thompson applied his scientific and technical knowledge to the improvement of public service and welfare institutions in Bavaria (a service for which he was made Count Rumford), Ireland, England, and Italy. In the process, he made important discoveries in physics. In this new edition of Rumford’s Works, Sanborn Brown has arranged his writings according to subject matter: in this fifth volume are Rumford’s papers on public institutions: “Poor in Munich”; “Poor in All Countries”; “Feeding the Poor”; “Coffee”; “Public Institutions in Bavaria”; “Regulations for the Army of Bavaria”; “Public Institutions in Great Britain”; and “The Royal Institution.”

The Collected Works of Count Rumford is much more than a source book or a guide to methods of research in physics. It provides a unique portrait of the scientific, political, and social conditions of the turbulent early years of the Industrial Revolution.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication date
1974
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674139550
ISBN 13 
9780674139558
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
526