Benjamin Thompson

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (in German: Reichsgraf von Rumford), (26 March 1753 - 21 August 1814), was an Anglo-American physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th century revolution in thermodynamics.

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• {{note|R1}}Rumford (1786) "New experiments upon heat" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society p.273
• {{note|R2}}Rumford (1792) "Experiments upon heat" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society p.48
• {{note|R3}}Rumford (1797) "On the propagation of heat in fluids" Nicholson's Journal 1 pp298-341
• {{note|JD}}Cardwell (1971) p.99
• {{note|JL}}{{Book reference | Author=Leslie, J. | Title=An Experimental Enquiry into the Nature and Propagation of Heat | Publisher=London | Year=1804 | ID=}}
• {{note|R4}}Rumford (1804) "An enquiry concerning the nature of heat and the mode of its communication" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society p.77
• {{note|C1}}Cardwell (1971) p.102