Scientist, Soldier, Statesman, Spy Count Rumford: The Extraordinary Life of a Scientific Genius
by Brown, G. I
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0750921846
- ISBN 13
- 9780750921848
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
Sutton Publishing, 1999 8vo (20.5 cm), X, 182 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "The true story of Count Rumford, a man who brought more benefit to mankind than most men of his time. Throughout his adventurous life, Rumford's passion was for science - he was known as "The spy who conquered the cold" after he discovered how heat was made - and his revolutionary inventions improved heating, lighting and cooking facilities. He was also a philanthropist setting up workhouses, originating the idea of soup kitchens and, most famously, establishing the Royal Institution. Yet, despite becoming Under- Secretary of State in the British Government, being knighted by George III and founding a Rumford Professorship at Harvard, Rumford was vilified by Cobbett, Gillray aand Cruickshank, and he died almost alone in France."
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007235
- Title
- Scientist, Soldier, Statesman, Spy Count Rumford: The Extraordinary Life of a Scientific Genius
- Author
- Brown, G. I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0750921846
- ISBN 13
- 9780750921848
- Publisher
- Sutton Publishing
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1999
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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