American-born British physicist and inventor

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Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1797.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1801.

A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.

Civil engineering: canals (below), and a photometer (above). Engraving by Mutlow.

A chemical lecture at the Surrey Institution. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after his drawing, 1809.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Aquatint silhouette.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Coloured stipple engraving by B. Roger after H. Rath.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1801, after himself.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Stipple engraving.

Scientist, soldier, statesman, spy : Count Rumford the extraordinary life of a scientific genius / G.I. Brown ; foreword by Susan Greenfield.

The Royal Institution : its founder and its first professors / by Bence Jones.

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Line engraving by T. Müller.

Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford / Sanborn C. Brown.

Essays, political, economical, and philosophical / [Benjamin Rumford].

Philosophical papers: being a collection of memoirs, dissertations, and experimental investigations, relating to various branches of natural philosophy and mechanics, together with letters to several persons on subjects connected with science and useful improvement... Vol. I / By Benjamin count of Rumford.

Recherches sur la chaleur développée dans la combustion et dans la condensation des vapeurs. [Lu à la séance de la première classe de l'Institut, du 24 février, et dans celle du 30 novembre 1812.] / [Benjamin Rumford].

On the excellent qualities of coffee, and the art of making it in the highest perfection / [Benjamin Rumford].

Collected works of Count Rumford / edited by Sanborn C. Brown.

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Benjamin Thompson

Images from the collections

Images featuring Benjamin Thompson

Works from the collections

Essays, political, economical, and philosophical / [Benjamin Rumford].

Recherches sur la chaleur développée dans la combustion et dans la condensation des vapeurs. [Lu à la séance de la première classe de l'Institut, du 24 février, et dans celle du 30 novembre 1812.] / [Benjamin Rumford].

On the excellent qualities of coffee, and the art of making it in the highest perfection / [Benjamin Rumford].

Collected works of Count Rumford / edited by Sanborn C. Brown.

Benjamin Thompson

Images from the collections

Images featuring Benjamin Thompson

Works from the collections

Essays, political, economical, and philosophical / [Benjamin Rumford].

Recherches sur la chaleur développée dans la combustion et dans la condensation des vapeurs. [Lu à la séance de la première classe de l'Institut, du 24 février, et dans celle du 30 novembre 1812.] / [Benjamin Rumford].

On the excellent qualities of coffee, and the art of making it in the highest perfection / [Benjamin Rumford].

Collected works of Count Rumford / edited by Sanborn C. Brown.

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