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Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford

Also known as: Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford; primary name: Thompson, Benjamin; other name: (Count) Rumford
Details: individual; scientist/engineer; academic/intellectual; American (USA); Male
Life dates: 1753-1814
Biography: Philanthropist and natural philosopher; born Woburn, Massachussetts. A loyalist who departed with the British in 1776, most of his life spent in the employ of the Bavarian government, from whom he received the title of Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1791. Elected to the Royal Society in 1779 on the basis of his scientific experiments which included work on gunpowder and the nature of heat, about which he published essays in 1796 and 1798; designed a more efficient and smokeless chimney, and the kitchen stove.

23 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1907,1018.43 |
Producer name: BIOG25308 After:Georg Dillis |
Production date: 1792

medal

Museum number: SSB,5.21 |
Producer name: BIOG112279 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:John Milton |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.9453 |
Producer name: BIOG112279 Made by:John Milton |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1945,0901.43 |
Producer name: BIOG141981 Made by:Charles Wiener |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

print

Title: Graf von Rumford |
Museum number: 1875,0710.4006 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RauschmayrAfter:Georg Dillis |
Production date: 1797

print; satirical print

Title: The comforts of a Rumford stove; vide Dr G-rn-ts lectures |
Museum number: 1851,0901.1035 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - an Experimental lecture on the power |
Museum number: 1863,0110.151 |
Producer name: BIOG28991 Print made by:James Gillray |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Count Rumford. |
Museum number: 1874,0613.1459 |
Producer name: Print made by:MackenzieAfter:Kellerhofer |
Production date: 1855

print; satirical print

Title: Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - an Experimental lecture on the power |
Museum number: 1851,0901.1090 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Benjamin Count of Rumford.. |
Museum number: 1951,1110.119 |
Producer name: BIOG223484 Print made by:Edward C Trencbard |
Production date: 1800-1824

print; satirical print

Title: Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - an Experimental lecture on the power |
Museum number: 1868,0808.13665 |
Producer name: BIOG28991 Print made by:James Gillray |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Count Rumford.. |
Museum number: 1881,1112.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Benjamin Count of Rumford, Knight of the Illustrious Orders of the White Eagle and Saint Stanislaus. |
Museum number: Ee,1.15 |
Producer name: BIOG46585 Print made by:John Raphael Smith |
Production date: 1801

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Count Rumford.. |
Museum number: 1928,1210.321 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Graf von Rumford |
Museum number: 1861,1109.630 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RauschmayrAfter:Georg Dillis |
Production date: 1797

print; satirical print

Title: The Comforts of a Rumford Stove. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6897 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - an Experimental lecture on the power |
Museum number: 1935,0522.4.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayAfter:James Gillray |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - an Experimental lecture on the power |
Museum number: J,3.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; pamphlet

Museum number: D,2.199 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1796

print

Title: Count Rumford. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1314 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles MiddlemistAfter:Mademoiselle Rath |
Production date: 1815

print; visiting-card

Museum number: C,1.1781-1795 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPrint made by:George Michell |
Production date: 1776-1803

print

Title: Benjamin Count of Rumford, Knight of the Illustrious Orders of the White Eagle and Saint Stanislaus. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1963 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Raphael SmithPublished by:John Raphael Smith |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Count Rumford. |
Museum number: 1928,1210.320 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles MiddlemistAfter:Mademoiselle Rath |
Production date: 1815

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