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Definition of Benjamin Thompson
1. Noun. English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814).
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Literary usage of Benjamin Thompson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections, Historical & Miscellaneous, and Monthly Literary Journal by John Farmer (1824)
"SIR Benjamin Thompson. Benjamin Thompson, though not a native of this town, ^Concord]
spent several years of usefulness in the place. He was born at Woburn, ..."
2. Leading American Men of Science by David Starr Jordan (1910)
"Benjamin Thompson, COUNT RUMFORD PHYSICIST 1753-1814 BY EDWIN E. SLOSSON THE life
of a scholar is apt to be a quiet one, externally devoid of dramatic ..."
3. Leading American Men of Science by David Starr Jordan (1910)
"... in England, cavalry colonel, Under Secretary of State and Sir Benjamin Thompson;
in Bavaria, Count Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire, Privy Councilor, ..."
4. A First Course in Physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale (1913)
"... (Benjamin Thompson, 1753-1814) " An eminent scientist, enlightened philanthropist,
and sagacious public administrator," was born at Woburn, ..."
5. The Journal of Foreign Medical Science and Literature edited by Samuel Emlen (1815)
"BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OP > Benjamin Thompson, Count of Rumford. ... Benjamin Thompson
was born in 1752, in the little town of Rumford in New England, ..."
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