Memoir of Sir Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford: With Notices of His Daughter (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Memoir of Sir Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford: With Notices of His Daughter<br><br>In one of a series of letters with which I was favored by my much-esteemed friend the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop - also my associate on the Council of the Academy - during his last European tour was a pas sage which I here copy. The letter was dated Munich August 19 1867.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.