Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was an Anglo-American physicist and inventor. Served in the American Revolutionary War as a British Loyalist. He conducted experiments concerning the nature of heat and the force of gunpowder. In 1785 he moved to Bavaria, establishing workhouses for the poor. His most important work took place in Munich. He contended that heat was a function of motion, and was instrumental in determining specific heat indexes of different materials. His findings were important in establishing the laws of energy conservation later on in the 19th century.
He developed improved chimneys and fireplaces, and invented the double-boiler, kitchen range, and drip coffee pot.
He was knighted in 1784.
He established the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1799. His assistant, Michael Faraday, established the Institution as a research laboratory.
In 1803, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His second marriage, in 1804, was to Marie-Anne Lavoisier, widow of French chemist Antoine Lavoisier.
He developed improved chimneys and fireplaces, and invented the double-boiler, kitchen range, and drip coffee pot.
He was knighted in 1784.
He established the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1799. His assistant, Michael Faraday, established the Institution as a research laboratory.
In 1803, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His second marriage, in 1804, was to Marie-Anne Lavoisier, widow of French chemist Antoine Lavoisier.
Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was an Anglo-American physicist and inventor. Served in the American Revolutionary War as a British Loyalist. He conducted experiments concerning the nature of heat and the force of gunpowder. In 1785 he moved to Bavaria, establishing workhouses for the poor. His most important work took place in Munich. He contended that heat was a function of motion, and was instrumental in determining specific heat indexes of different materials. His findings were important in establishing the laws of energy conservation later on in the 19th century.
He developed improved chimneys and fireplaces, and invented the double-boiler, kitchen range, and drip coffee pot.
He was knighted in 1784.
He established the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1799. His assistant, Michael Faraday, established the Institution as a research laboratory.
In 1803, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His second marriage, in 1804, was to Marie-Anne Lavoisier, widow of French chemist Antoine Lavoisier.
He developed improved chimneys and fireplaces, and invented the double-boiler, kitchen range, and drip coffee pot.
He was knighted in 1784.
He established the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1799. His assistant, Michael Faraday, established the Institution as a research laboratory.
In 1803, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His second marriage, in 1804, was to Marie-Anne Lavoisier, widow of French chemist Antoine Lavoisier.
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