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1 online resource |
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Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Dates in the Life of Benjamin Thompson; Authorâ#x80;#x99;s Note; Preface; 1. The Apprentice (1753â#x80;#x93;1770); 2. The Young Schoolmaster (1770â#x80;#x93;1776); 3. Thompson and the Wentworths (1772â#x80;#x93;1775); 4. The Royalist and the Printerâ#x80;#x99;s Wife (1776â#x80;#x93;1779); 5. The Affair of the Letters and Dr. Jeffriesâ#x80;#x99; Wife (1776â#x80;#x93;1779); 6. Advice from General Burghausenâ#x80;#x99;s Wife (1784); 7. Honors and Enterprises (1784â#x80;#x93;1790s); 8. The Highborn Sisters (Midâ#x80;#x93;1780s); 9. An Italian Idyll on Which He Met Lady Palmerston (1793â#x80;#x93;1794); 10. Educating Sally (1794â#x80;#x93;1796) |
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11. With Sally in Munich (1796â#x80;#x93;1798)12. The Stories Portraiture Tells (1800s); 13. Leaving London and Paris Opens Its Arms (1801â#x80;#x93;1802); 14. Pursuing Madame Lavoisier (November 1801); 15. Engaged (Circa February 1804); 16. A New Method of Spending Time (October 1805); 17. Boiling Over (1806â#x80;#x93;1809); 18. Single Again (1809); 19. Victoire (Circa 1809); 20. Children on Both Sides of the Atlantic (Midâ#x80;#x93;19th Century); Epilogue: â#x80;#x9C;The Most Sublime of All Affectionsâ#x80;#x9D;; Afterword: Experiments and Inventions; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"One of the preeminent natural philosophers of the Enlightenment, Benjamin Thompson's inventions and scientific explorations include the insulated clothing, the thermos, convection ovens and double boilers. Thompson was popular with women--so much so that his personal life eclipsed his achievements. Drawing on Thompson's correspondence and diaries, this book examines his friendships and romantic relationships"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 13, 2017) |
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Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814.
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Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814 -- Friends and associates
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Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814 -- Relations with women
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Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814 |
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Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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Friendship
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Physicists
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Relations with women
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Great Britain
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476629179 |
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147662917X |
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