Title: Essays, political, economical, and philosophical.
Authors: Rumford, Benjamin, 1753-1814.
Publisher: D. West,
Year: 1798
Subjects: Charities; Food; Fireplaces.; Heat; Kitchen utensils; Poor Germany Munich.
Contents: v. 1. I. An account of an establishment for the poor at Munich. II. Of the fundamental principles on which general establishments for the relief of the poor may be formed in all countries. II. Of food; and particularly of feeding the poor. IV. Of chimney fire-places. V.A short account of several public institutions lately formed in Bavaria. Appendix. 1798.--v. 2. VI. Of the management of fire, and the economy of fuel. VII. Of the manner in which heat is propagated in fluids. (In two parts) VIII. Of the propagation of heat in various substances. IX. An experimental inquiry concerning the source of the heat which is excited by friction. 1799.