Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was an American-born British physicist and inventor whose investigations into the nature of heat challenged the caloric theory, and whose 1799 proposal led to the founding of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
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FieldPhysics, thermodynamics 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Photometer, Instruments One of several early photometer designs in common use by 1861, alongside Ritchie's photometer and shadow extinction methods; no single fixed invention year is established for the instrument class.
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1. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (Wikipedia)
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Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (26 March 1753 - 21 August 1814), was an American-born British military officer, scientist and inventor.
1. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (Wikipedia)
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Born: Benjamin Thompson, 26 March 1753, Woburn, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America. Died: 21 August 1814 (aged 61), Auteuil, Paris, France. Known for: Thermodynamics.
1. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (Wikipedia)
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In 1799, the Royal Institution was founded as the result of a proposal by Thompson, for the formation by Subscription... of a Public Institution for diffusing the Knowledge and facilitating the general Introduction of useful Mechanical Inventions and Improvements, and for the teaching by courses of Philosophical Lectures and Experiments, the application of Science to the Common Purposes of Life.
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