Essays, political, economical, and philosophical / By Benjamin, count of Rumford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814.

Contributor:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charities.

Food.

Fireplaces.

Heat.

Kitchen utensils.

Munich (Germany)--Poor.

Munich (Germany).

Penn Provenance:

New York Hospital (stamp) (Smith copy)

Browne, Charles Albert, 1870-1947 (bookplate) (Smith copy)

Physical Description:

3 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by A. Strahan for T. Caddell ... and W. Davies, 1800-1802.

Contents:

I. An account of an establishment for the poor at Munich

Of the fundamental principles on which general establishments for the relief of the poor may be formed in all countries

Of food; and particularly of feeding the poor

Of chimney fireplaces, with proposals for improving them, to save fuel ...

A short account of several public institutions lately formed in Bavaria, together with the appendix to the first volume.

II. Of the management of fire, and the economy of fuel

Of the propagation of heat in fluids

Of the propagation of heat in various substances

An experimental inquiry concerning the source of heat which is excited by friction.

III. On the construction of kitchen fire-places and kitchen utensils ...

Supplementary observations concerning chimney fire-places

Observations concerning the salubrity of warm rooms in cold weather

Observations concerning the salubrity of warm bathing ...

Supplementary observations relating to the management of fires in closed fireplaces

Of the use of steam, as a vehicle for transporting heat from one place to another.

Notes:

Vols. 2-3: "A new edition." Published to accompany vol. 1 of the fifth edition, 1800?

V. 1: [28],3-376, 378-389,[3],392-464 p. Pp. 378-389 printed on one side of leaves.

V. 2: [18], 496 p., [13] leaves of plates ( 1 folded); v. 3: [4], xi, [16], 498 p., 13 leaves of plates.

V. 2: p. 311-312 repeated in pagination.

V. 3: Printed by Luke Hanford.

Cited in:

ESTC T183405 (v.1)

ESTC T148699 (v.2-3)

OCLC:

13634439