Benjamin ThompsonBesprekingen
Auteur van Collected works of Count Rumford, Volume 1 : The nature of heat
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Rumford was born in pre-revolutionary America but left when he found himself on the wrong side in the revolution. He ended up in Munich as an advisor to the Bavarian elector and made major contributions to the Bavarian military, to the Munich cityscape through his development of the English Garden, to technology in his work on stoves and chimneys, to the introduction of potatoes into Bavarian cuisine, and to innovative approaches for aiding the poor.
The first essay in the book talks in detail about his strategy for creating a poorhouse in Munich and offers insight into social conditions at the end of the 18th century. The other essays tend to be much less interesting unless, of course, you are very interested in how chimneys are constructed.
the book can be recommended to people interested in the history of Munich as well as those interested in the social history of Europe. It could also be of interest to economic historians due to its detailed discussion of prices for food and fuel.