The Royal Institution: Its Founder and Its First ProfessorsLongmans, Green, 1871 - 431 páginas |
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... Count Rumford , because his career and character determined its original form . I have written short accounts of the earliest professors because the spirit that has shown itself in them has up to this time been the life of the ...
... Count Rumford , because his career and character determined its original form . I have written short accounts of the earliest professors because the spirit that has shown itself in them has up to this time been the life of the ...
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... COUNT RUMFORD BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION II . HIS LIFE AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTI- TUTION IIL THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION , 1799- 1800 ; WITH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR GARNETT , 1766-1802 IV . THE PAGE . 69 ...
... COUNT RUMFORD BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION II . HIS LIFE AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTI- TUTION IIL THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION , 1799- 1800 ; WITH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR GARNETT , 1766-1802 IV . THE PAGE . 69 ...
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... Count Rumford , was born in his grandfather's farm- house , on March 26 , 1753. The house is still to be seen near the meeting - house in North Woburn . When the child was a year old his father died , and when he was three years old his ...
... Count Rumford , was born in his grandfather's farm- house , on March 26 , 1753. The house is still to be seen near the meeting - house in North Woburn . When the child was a year old his father died , and when he was three years old his ...
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... to which it belonged were ended . The Rev. T. Walker was the first minister of Concord . He was a native of Woburn and connected with the Thompson family . He was the chief man in Concord B 2 ET . 17-20 . ] 3 COUNT RUMFORD .
... to which it belonged were ended . The Rev. T. Walker was the first minister of Concord . He was a native of Woburn and connected with the Thompson family . He was the chief man in Concord B 2 ET . 17-20 . ] 3 COUNT RUMFORD .
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... been deemed unfriendly to the cause of Liberty , and my defence would have been treated with contempt and disdain . It would have been vain for me to have pretended to curb the fury or calm the rage 1774. Er . 21. ] 7 COUNT RUMFORD .
... been deemed unfriendly to the cause of Liberty , and my defence would have been treated with contempt and disdain . It would have been vain for me to have pretended to curb the fury or calm the rage 1774. Er . 21. ] 7 COUNT RUMFORD .
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