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Essays, political, economical, and philosophical. / By Benjamin Count of Rumford, Knight of the orders of the White Eagle, and St. Stanislaus; Chamberlain, Privy Counsellor of State, and lieutenant-general in the service of His Most Serene Highness the Elector Palatine, reigning Duke of Bavaria; colonel of his regiment of artillery, and commander in chief of the general staff of his army; F.R.S. Acad. R. Hiber. Berol. Elec. Boicoe, Palat. et Amer. Soc. ; Vol. I[-III].
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia 1798 Rumford
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor--Services for--Germany--Early works to 1800.
- Poor.
- Food relief--Germany--Early works to 1800.
- Food relief.
- Poor--Nutrition--Early works to 1800.
- Low budget cooking--Early works to 1800.
- Low budget cooking.
- Cooking for military personnel--Early works to 1800.
- Cooking for military personnel.
- Cooking--Equipment and supplies--Early works to 1800.
- Cooking.
- Kitchens--Early works to 1800.
- Kitchens.
- Kitchen utensils--Early works to 1800.
- Kitchen utensils.
- Fireplaces--Early works to 1800.
- Fireplaces.
- Fireplace cooking--Early works to 1800.
- Fireplace cooking.
- Stoves--Early works to 1800.
- Stoves.
- Genre:
- Booksellers' advertisements.
- Physical Description:
- 3 v. : ill., 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
- Edition:
- The first American, from the third London, edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston: : Printed by Manning & Loring, for David West. Sold at his book-store, no. 56, Cornhill; by Ebenezer S. Thomas, Charleston, S. Carolina; and by Solomon Cotton & Co. Baltimore., March, 1798[-1804].
- Contents:
- v. 1. I. An account of an establishment for the poor at Munich. II. Of the fundamental principles on which general establishments for the relief of the poor may be formed in all countries. II. Of food; and particularly of feeding the poor. IV. Of chimney fire-places. V.A short account of several public institutions lately formed in Bavaria. Appendix. 1798.
- v. 2. VI. Of the management of fire, and the economy of fuel. VII. Of the manner in which heat is propagated in fluids. (In two parts) VIII. Of the propagation of heat in various substances. IX. An experimental inquiry concerning the source of the heat which is excited by friction. 1799.
- v. 3. X. On the construction of kitchen fire-places and kitchen utensils ... (In three parts) XI. Supplementary observations concerning chimney fire-places. XII. Observations concerning the salubrity of warm rooms in cold weather. XIII. Observations concerning the salubrity of warm bathing, and the principles on which warm-baths should be constructed. XIV. Supplementary observations relating to the management of fires in closed fire-places. XV. Of the use of steam as a vehicle for transporting heat from one place to another. 1804.
- Notes:
- Dedicated to the Duke of Bavaria.
- Frontispiece port. of Count Rumford signed: Drawn and engraved by E.C. Trenchard; plate in v.2 engraved by Samuel Hill.
- Vol. 1: xxiii, [1], 464 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [18], 196, [6], 199-496 p., 6, 4, [1] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: [2], vii, [9], 94, [5], 98-191, [5], 195-498 p., [12] leaves of plates.
- V.3 is variant issue?; pagination varies from ESTC record and American Antiquarian Society copy.
- Edition statement precedes volume number on title page of v.1. Edition statement of v.3 reads: A new edition.
- V.2 dated August, 1799; v.3 dated 1804; imprint of v.3 varies: Boston: Printed for West and Greenleaf, no. 56, Cornhill. 1804.
- "First issued in parts."-- Evans 34656. Essays 1 and 2 of v. 2 were issued in August of 1798. Cf. v.2, p. 310.
- Error in paging: v.1 has p. 343 misnumbered 143.
- With half title (v.1.)
- Bookseller's advertisement, v. 3, p. [13], 7th count.
- Local Notes:
- Title is held at Carpenters' Hall in the Library of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. Access to the books is restricted and available to researchers only by permission requested in advance.
- Carpenters' Company set incomplete with v.2 wanting; accession numbers 2605 and 351 (v.1 and v.3 respectively); first recorded in 1827 Carpenters Company Library Catalogue as Octavo 3 and in the 1840 Carpenters' Company Library Catalogue as 234-235.
- Cited in:
- Evans 34656
- Evans 36251
- Shaw & Shoemaker 7212
- Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2899
- ESTC T97670
- ESTC W32062
- OCLC:
- 166610166
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