benjamin count rumford (20 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xi, 507 Pp. Light Blue Cloth. First Printing. Fine In Ner Fine Dust Jacket Priced $10.00. No Marks. Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, Frs (German: Reichsgraf Von Rumford; 1753 - 1814) Was A British Physicist, Born In Colonial Massachusetts,[1] And Inventor Whose Challenges To Established Physical Theory Were Part Of The 19Th-Century Revolution In Thermodynamics. He Served As Lieutenant-Colonel Of The King's American Dragoons, Part Of The British Loyalist Forces, During The American Revolutionary War. After The End Of The War He Moved To London, Where His Administrative Talents Were Recognized When He Was Appointed A Full Colonel, And In 1784 He Received A Knighthood From King George Iii. A Prolific Designer, Thompson Also Drew Designs For Warships. He Later Moved To Bavaria And Entered Government Service There, Being Appointed Bavarian Army Minister And Re-Organizing The Army, And, In 1792, Was Made A Count Of The Holy Roman Empire.

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Blue hardback board cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition. Marking and minor abrasion to cover. Re-spined. Previous owner inscription to front inner cover. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic foxing. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). [iv], 196pp + plates. 6 b/w plates. Experimental Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical.

ii, 68pp, 14 bw illustrations on fold out plates 21x14, unbound Covers and title page missing, contents page missing substantial pieces only slightly impacting text, edges of plates rough, a couple of pencil marks. Damaged copy of Rumford's classic work. The pagination matches the description of the third edition, but without the title page and imprint it is difficult to be sure. Rumford (he became a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1791 in recognition of his work for the Prince-Elector of Bavaria) was a polymath, whose achievements ranged from furnaces to nutritious soup for the poor. Born in America, he was a Loyalist in the War of Independence, and ended up in London, then Paris and Munich. As well as solving the problems of inefficient fireplaces he helped to found the Royal Institute, and - apparently - invented thermal underwear. One of the great Enlightenment figures.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offprint from: Bibliotheque Britannique, Sciences et Arts. Vol. 5 [Geneva, 1797]. 8vo (199 x 127 mm). iv, 104 pp. One folding engraved plate. Printed on blue paper. Inscribed and signed by Rumford on title-page ("to the right honorable Lord Sheffield, from his most obedient servant Rumford"). Provenance: Lord Sheffield (dedication by Rumford on title-page); Walter Scott Thompson (his bookplate to front pastedown). Later cloth (extremities little rubbed). Internally only little age-toned, title page with glued residue of flyleaf paper at gutter margin (not affecting text), inscription slightly trimmed at top and fore-margin. ---- DSB XIII, p.351. FIRST EDITION of Rumford's essay on the propagation of heat in fluids. Rumford is best known for his contributions to the theory of heat. At the end of the 18th century the predominant theory of heat was the so-called caloric theory, according to which heat was a fluid substance that flowed into bodies when they were heated and flowed out of them as they cooled. The success of this theory in explaining then known phenomena is reflected in many terms, such as "heat flow" and "calorie," still used by physicists today. "In 1797 he published the description of a device for proving gunpowder, which was generally accepted as the standard method by both the British and the Bavarian armies. It was during his investigations of cannon that he was impressed by the large amount of heat generated in cannon barrels by the explosion of gunpowder even when no ball was being fired. He was thus led to accept the vibratory theory of heat, which he championed actively all his life. Thompson¿s most famous experiment in this area was his demonstration of the process of boring cannon with a dull drill, which he carried out in the arsenal at Munich. Because the heat generated in this process seemed limitless, he reasoned that a fluid caloric did not exist. Thompson carried out many other experiments to demonstrate the reasons for his disbelief in the caloric theory. He unsuccessfully attempted to determine whether heat had weight, which would be an attribute of a fluid; he weighted, at different temperatures, fluids that had markedly different specific heats and heats of fusion. He studied the anomalous expansion of fusion. He studied the anomalous expansion of water between 4°C and 0°C to show that the concept that thermal expansion is caused by fluid caloric taking up space was false. He never realized the connection between heat and energy, although he did carry on experiments to demonstrate spontaneous interdiffusion of different density liquids at constant temperature, and he postulated that fluids are in constant random motion." (DSB). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4th Edition. largecr8vo, [x], 464; [iv], 196pp, 6 full page engraved plates by Neele at end, and a further 6 wood engraved plates containing 14 figures, with an attractive engraved view of the Military Workhouse at Munich before essay one. Nineteenth century green binder's cloth, gilt. Name cut from title Vol. 1 not affecting text, old oval stamp of Kilmarnock Infirmary on title o/w VG+ tight and clean copy containing essays I through VI as often found.

Third Edition. Very good copy in the original pictorial-printed, stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked as with age. Internally crisp and fine. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 1 pages; Description: 1 vol. (continuous paging) ; 22 cm. Subject: Poor --Germany --Early works to 1800. 3 Kg.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 8vo. First Edition, 498 pp + ad, 7 engraved plates, and many wood engraved ills in text. This 'new edition' of Vol 3. is in fact the first and only appearance in print (London) and supplements the 2 vols of Essays (first published 1796-7). There was a fourth volume published in 1812 (essays 16-18). In these essays (10-15) Rumford turns his attention to kitchens and cooking where, along with essays on warm rooms, warm bathing etc, he demonstrates his observation and theories on heat and heating. ESTC T148699. aeg, some foxing, mainly to to foredges, marbled eps. good tight copy in full straight grained red morocco, extremities worn, boards a little scuffed, corners lightly bumped but good. Please see photos supplied. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. xxiv, 390, [2] pages plus 14 engraved plates. 8vo. Brown library buckram with library label on spine. Library bookplate and deaccession stamp on front endpapers (US Patent Office surplus) otherwise clean internally (noting minor foxing throughout). Although marked Volume I, this was the only volume published under this title. Cloth. Contains various papers including Experiments on Gunpowder, Experiments made with Cannon and some attempts to improve Field Artillery, Experiments on Production of Air from Water, Intensities of Light emitted by Luminous Bodies, Experiments on Coloured Shadows, Conjectures respecting the Principles of the Harmony of Colours, Enquiry concerning Chemical Properties attributed to Light, etc. Thompson was well known for his technological innovation, and he studied gunpowder and illumination throughout his life. (DSB) In 1798 the same publisher issued a collection of Rumford's works called "Essays Political Economical and Philosophical" but we are unclear how much overlap there is in content. Under this title, this is the only volume issued.

Frontispiece portrait, 13 engraved plates, 12 folding; xxiv+390pp. 8vo contemp. calf, spine gilt, front cover detached, Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire [1753-1814] natural philosopher and philanthropist, was born at North Woburn, Massachusetts. In the War of Independence, he remained loyal to the British and raised a regiment , the King's American Dragoons. In 1785, at the request of Elector Karl Theodor of Bavaria, he left England and settled in Munich. This volume of thirteen papers is dedicated to Elector Maximilian Joseph. The major part of the book are accounts of experiments on gun-powder and cannon, lifetime interests of Rumford. One paper is on the absorption of moisture in different clothing materials.The portrait is a stipple engraving, head and shoulders, to left, oval, in uniform, after Kellerhofen, by Joseph Rauschmayr. This engraving is not in the British Museum or NPG.

8vo. xi, [16], 498, ads [2] pp. 7 engraved plates, numerous woodcuts. Original full gilt-ruled calf; spine heavily restored, extremities worn, hinges neatly mended. Bookplates of James T. Bland, and Anne Willan. Very good. This is an early text on the kitchen and all heating implements relating to equipping the room for usage. Rumford, the noted physicist and inventor, describes kitchen fire-places, the roaster, dripping-pan, heating an iron oven, construction of boilers, steam cooking, warming rooms, saucepan heaters, portable furnaces, tea-kettles (p.301), kitchen utensils for the poor, "account of a concealed kitchen," chimneys, warm bathing, management of fires, use of steam as a vehicle for transporting heat, etc. Thompson is known also as the inventor of the coffee percolator (1806/1812), published in a later volume. PROVENANCE: Anne Willan (born 1938) is a recognized authority on French cooking, with more than 35 years of experience as a cooking teacher, cookbook author and food columnist. She is the founder of the prestigious Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne, which operated in Burgundy France from 1991 until 2007.

4to, 30cm. Pp. 77-182 [whole volume: pp. viii,190;26], 6 finely engraved figures on 2 plates. Plain modern interim wrappers, uncut. Small neat repair to blank part of title-page, some faint foxing or toning, generally very good. - First appearance of Rumford's second large paper on the mechanical equivalent of heat, in which he overthrows the caloric theory. It is one of the autho'r important steps towards the conception of the principle of the "conservation of energy". - Rare.

Hardcover. Zustand: Gut bis sehr gut. Rumford, Benjamin Count of. Essays, political, economical, and philosophical. Bde. I u. II. London, T. Cadell / W. Davies, 1796 u. 1798. Vortit., Tit., 2 Bll., 11 Bll., 464 S., 1 Textabb. (Ansicht München, Arbeitshaus der Armee) u. 14 Fig. auf 6 Kupfertafeln; Tit., 2 Bll., 496 S., 11 Kupfertafeln mit 23 Fig. (bez. S. Neele, um 1758-1824) sowie 1 mehrfach gefalt. Kupfertafel. 2 Hldr.-Bde., Saffian, mit Rückenvergoldung. - Gefolgt ab 1802 von Bdn. III u. IV. Zusammengefaßt Erfahrungen und Taten des vielseitig in Bayern aufklärerischen und reformierenden Verfassers, ab 1784 in München, zunächst General-Leibadjutant des Kurfürsten Karl Theodor, dann Oberkommandierender und Reorganisator der bayerischen Armee, 1788 Kriegsminister (1785 bereits Ehrenmitglied der Kurbayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften), 1796 Vorsitzender des Staatsrats in Verhandlung mit den kriegführenden Nationen. Als Sozialreformer hat sich Rumfort (ab 1792 Reichsgraf) mit der Einrichtung von Armenhäusern, Werkstätten und Schulen in Bayern denkwürdig gemacht, die Erinnerung an Rumford'sche Suppe hat sich erhalten. Ausführliche Beschreibung der sozialen Zustände in Bayern, insbesondere München, ausführlich 299 Seiten in Bd. I: »The Poor in Bavaria«. Das erfolgreiche Verbesserungswerk erfuhr angemessene Resonanz, die 5. Auflage bereits 1800 in London aufgrund seiner praktischen Hilfestellung bei der Einrichtung von Großküchen und Verbesserung von Massenverpflegung mit handfesten Rezepten sowie Wareneinkauf und Umgang mit Energiekosten, jeweils von ausführlich dargestellten Experimenten begleitet. Die Exemplare der Erstausgabe in gutem Zustand, jeweils Namen auf Titel, Vorsatz und Vortitel von Bd. I (dort Wasserzeichen 1794) mit handschriftlichen Anmerkungen. Hier und da gemäßigt stockfleckig.

Leather. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). Two early editions of Benjamin Thompson's collection of nine essays on a range of subjects, illustrated throughout. A scarce mixed edition two volume set of the essays of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, an American-born British physicist who took part in the nineteenth century revolution in thermodynamics.With the third edition of volume I, published in 1797, consisting of essays I to V. Illustrated with fourteen figures. Collated, complete.With the fourth edition of volume II, published in 1798, consisting of essays VI to IX. Illustrated with twelve plates, one folding. Collated, complete.With each volume retaining the original half title.ESTC reference volume I T478828; ESTC reference volume II T123758Smart early editions of this collection of nine essays on topics includingthe poor, food, fire, and the military. In half calf bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Rubbing to back strips, joints, and board perimeters. Front joint of volume I, rear joint of volume II, and head and tail of rear joint of volume I and front joint of volume II starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot or light handling mark. Good. book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to (292 x 235 mm). Entire volume (part I) offered: vi, 199 [1], 26 pp., 7 folding engraved plates and folding table. All pages uncut. Original blue wrappers, spine hand-lettered in ink (paper dust-soiled and spotted, paper over spine heavily rubbed and chipped towards spine ends, edges slightly frayed, corners dog-eared). Text and plates with light even browning, minor dust-soiling to outer margins, occasional pale dampstaining at outer margins, more pronounced on first 8 pages of The Meteorological Journal appendix (not affecting the paper by Thompson). Provenance: Benjamin Hyett Esq. (signature on front wrapper). A very good, completely unsophisticated copy. ---- Dibner Heralds of Science 151, Sparrow Milestones of Science 189, Norman 2073 - FIRST EDITION. Rumford discovered for the first time by experiment that heat is induced by friction, and he worked out a surprisingly accurate figure of coefficiency. This was the first blow to the current theory of heat as an 'igneous fluid' called 'caloric,' and foreshadowed the conclusions summed up in Tyndall's phrase 'heat as a mode of motion.' Also in this vol.: Herschel, William, On the Discovery of Four Additional Satellites of the Georgium Sidus, pp.47-79, 2 folding engraved plates. "Born in colonial Massachusetts, Thompson became a count and minister of war in Bavaria, later the founder of the Royal Institution in London and the Bavarian Academy in Munich. His major contribution was in the theory of heat. Observing the heat created in the boring of cannon, he measured the thermal capacities of the chips and boring bars. He then set up controlled experiments simulating the boring operation, using a Steel borer and brass cylinder, all placed in a wooden box holding a known volume of water. By observing the rise in temperature of the water, from cold to boiling; the heat produced could be read by this calorimeter. Since the amount of heat generated depended only on constant friction, the old concept of a body's 'calorie' was destroyed; a mechanical interpretation became valid. Heat became not matter, but motion" (Dibner). Also in this volume: Herschel, William, On the Discovery of Four Additional Satellites of the Georgium Sidus, pp. 47-79, 2 plates. - Visit our website to see more images!

3 volumes, 8vo, pp. (xxvi), 464; (viii), 310, (2) blank, (iv), 389?496, and 9 engraved plates (1 folding); 2 leaves, pp. vii, 191, 7 leaves (woodcut illustrations and errata), pp. (viii), 193?498, 1 leaf (adverts), and 7 engraved plates. With 6 leaves of woodcut illustrations in vol. 1 and an engraving on p. 3, and 6 leaves of woodcut illustrations in vol. 3, other woodcuts in the text, half-title in each volume. Contemporary calf, flat spines ruled in gilt and with black labels and black oval numbering labels. Top of spine of vol. 1 chipped, some foxing on endpapers, but a very nice set. FIRST EDITION of the complete 3-volume set, containing 15 essays; third edition of volume 1 (?The third edition?), first edition of volume 2, and of volume 3 despite ?A new edition? on the title-page. These three volumes contain 15 essays on an establishment for the poor in Bavaria, and on the principles for such establishments; of food, particularly for the poor; on chimney and kitchen fireplaces and the economy of fuel; on the propagation of heat in fluids and other substances; on friction as a source of heat; on the use of steam for transporting heat; and on the salubrity of warm bathing. Much space is devoted to domestic science: Thompson studied air currents in open fireplaces and introduced several elements of their design found in modern chimneys, thus increasing their efficiency. He studied domestic cooking stoves and utensils in great detail, inventing the enclosed kitchen range, the coffee percolator, and steam heating systems for houses and even large buildings. In a remarkably varied career Thompson received many honours in England, America, Germany, and elsewhere, and established prizes for scientific research in America and England. In London he founded the Royal Institution. The first volume of this complicated book was first published in parts in 1796; the text of the third volume was evidently published before the title-page, and the first three parts were available separately. See Parkinson, Breakthroughs, 1797 (in the essay ?On the propagation of heat in fluids? Thompson discovered the circulation of ocean currents; 1798 (the essay on friction as a source of heat showed that heat is a form of energy), and 1799. See also Sparrow, Milestones of Science, 189.