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The Count of Concord (also known as Count Rumford) was, among many things, a politician, a spy, a philantropist and a scientist. This fictional account of the remarkable life and illustrious career of Benjamin Thompson is based on historical documents, including letters by Thompson himself and his contemporaries. The Count of Concord was famous in his lifetime for his revolutionary discoveries in thermo-dynamics, but these days is best remembered for his ""Rumford fireplace"" and as the apocryphal inventor of thermal underwear.
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