Rumford
BENJAMIN THOMP- SON, COUNT, an American scientist; born in Woburn, Mass., March 26, 1753.
Being a Tory in sympathy, he lived in London during the American Revolution.
After serving England for a time, he entered the service of the Elector of Ba varia, rose to the position of Minister of War, and was finally created a count of the Holy Roman Empire. He took the title Rumford from the village of that name (now Concord, N. H.), where he had married. He spent the last years of his life at Auteuil, busily engaged in scientific researches-particularly on the nature and effects of heat, studies with RUMINANTS RUNES which his name is generally associated. up the gullet. On returning it passes His works include: "Essays: Political, direct from the paunch into the manyplies Economical, and Philosophical" (1797- 1806); and studies in domestic economy, particularly of cookery. He died in Auteuil near Paris, Aug. 21, 1814.