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Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1
Graf von Rumford Benjamin
Count Rumford fed the poor of Munich by applying physics to the soup pot. His essays, political, economical, and philosophical, treat public kitchens, fuel, heat, and nourishment as engineering problems with humane ends. Science in the service of the hungry, from the man who studied heat itself. Meet the strangest, most practical mind of his age.
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33 chapters
- 1VOL. I.
- 2INTRODUCTION.
- 3CHAPTER. I.
- 4CHAPTER. II.
- 5CHAPTER. III.
- 6CHAPTER. IV.
- 7CHAPTER. V.
- 8CHAPTER. VI.
- 9CHAPTER. VII.
- 10CHAPTER. VIII.
- 11CHAPTER. IX.
- 12ESSAY II.
- 13CHAPTER. II. Of the Extent of an Establishment for the Poor. Of the Division of a Town or City into Districts. Of the Manner of carrying on the Business of a public Establishment for the Poor. Of the Necessity of numbering all the Houses in a Town where an Establishment for the Poor is formed.
- 14CHAPTER. III.
- 15CHAPTER. IV.
- 16CHAPTER. V.
- 17ESSAY III.
- 18CHAPTER. I.
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