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Page 277
... Count Rumford received his birth and education in the near vicinity of these walls . There are now living among us those who remember the features of his boyhood , and recognized the early traits of his unfolding genius . On the present ...
... Count Rumford received his birth and education in the near vicinity of these walls . There are now living among us those who remember the features of his boyhood , and recognized the early traits of his unfolding genius . On the present ...
Page 280
... count of the German empire . Thus much of Count Rumford , the world knows , and posterity will remember . To say that he possessed a character without faults would be to challenge the incredu- lity of both . But if he had faults they ...
... count of the German empire . Thus much of Count Rumford , the world knows , and posterity will remember . To say that he possessed a character without faults would be to challenge the incredu- lity of both . But if he had faults they ...
Page 283
... Count Rumford , will be found in the Lite- rary Miscellany , published at Cambridge in 1805 and 6 , in Thomp- son's Annals of Philosophy for April , 1815 , and in Cuvier's eulogy before the Institute of France . Abstract of ...
... Count Rumford , will be found in the Lite- rary Miscellany , published at Cambridge in 1805 and 6 , in Thomp- son's Annals of Philosophy for April , 1815 , and in Cuvier's eulogy before the Institute of France . Abstract of ...
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MISCELLANY | 93 |
Ancient Persian Bricks 328 422 | 158 |
Epigrams of Boileau | 206 |
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