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    Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (26 March 1753 – 21 August 1814), was an American-born British military officer, scientist, inventor...
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    Benjamin C. Thompson (July 3, 1918 – August 17, 2002) was an American architect. He was one of eight architects who founded The Architects Collaborative...
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  • Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814) was an American-born British physicist and inventor. Benjamin Thompson may also refer to: Ben Thompson (actor) (born 1992)...
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    The Benjamin Thompson House (also known as the Count Rumford Birthplace) is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 90 Elm Street, in...
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    as a Rumford stove, is a tall, shallow fireplace designed by Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, an Anglo-American physicist best known for his investigations...
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    Benjamin Thompson (1776? – 26 May 1816) was an English dramatist. Thompson was born about 1776, was the son of Benjamin Blaydes Thompson, a merchant of...
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    1017/S0950563600000567. JSTOR 4024834. Thompson, Benjamin (1 January 1786). "XIV. New experiments upon heat. By Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Knt. F. R. S. In a letter...
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  • Samuel Benjamin Thompson (October 11, 1837 - August 1909) was a lawyer, judicial official, and Reconstruction Era politician in South Carolina. He was...
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  • Benjamin John Thompson (born 3 October 1980) is a former English cricketer. Thompson was a right-handed batsman who bowled off break. He was born in Oxford...
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    Benjamin Thompson (April 22, 1806 – January 31, 1890) was an American farmer and businessman, remembered as the main benefactor of the present-day University...
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    blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter Betsey Ann Stearns, inventor Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, scientist and inventor Lyle R. Wheeler, five-time...
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    of the Heat Which Is Excited by Friction" is a scientific paper by Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, which was published in the Philosophical Transactions...
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    Royal Society (London) in 1794, the American-born British scientist Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753–1814), coined the term complement to describe...
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    by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), later Count Rumford (Reichsgraf von Rumford), for Prince Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. Thompson's successors...
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    or partial vacuum. Low-temperature cooking was first described by Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford in 1799. He used air as the heat-transfer medium in...
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  • Benjamin Thompson (August 5, 1798 – September 24, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Thompson attended...
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  • results, initiating the field of statistical mechanics. In 1798, Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) demonstrated the conversion of mechanical work into...
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    Aaron Benjamin Thompson (born May 31, 1991) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since January...
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    during the American Revolutionary War. They were founded by Colonel Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford, in 1781. They were initially formed from the...
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    but there is nothing to prove that Durham was named in their honor. Benjamin Thompson, a descendant of an early settler, bequeathed his assets and family...
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    philanthropist Sir Thomas Bernard and American-born British scientist Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. Since its founding it has been based at 21 Albemarle...
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    efficiency even more. The modern kitchen range was invented by Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford in the 1790s. As an active scientist and prolific inventor...
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    soup) was an early effort in scientific nutrition. It was invented by Benjamin Thompson, Reichsgraf von Rumford, circa 1800 and consumed in Munich and greater...
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  • Institute of Technology. Upon graduation, Wood worked with Benjamin C. Thompson at Benjamin Thompson and Associates. He started his own firm with Ecuadoran...
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    needed] Paulze remarried Benjamin Thompson in 1804, following a four-year courtship and engagement; she was his second wife. Thompson was born in Colonial...
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     572–573. Metcalf, p. 84 A Biography of Benjamin Thompson (her father), written in 1868 Count Rumford – General Benjamin Thompson additional family history...
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    recognised as a mode of conversion of mechanical work into heat. In 1798, Benjamin Thompson reported on cannon boring experiments. Arthur Jules Morin (1833) developed...
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  • Benjamin Thompson, professionally known as Madd Hatta and Mista Madd, is an American rapper and record producer from Houston, Texas. He is the owner of...
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    in the town at the Rumford Chemical Works and was named after Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. Wannamoisett Country Club was established in Rumford...
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  • multiple people Benjamin Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people Betty L. Thompson (1939–2021), American politician from Missouri Bill Thompson (disambiguation)...
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