Putnam, J. Pickering (John Pickering), 1847-1917 · Boston, Ticknor and Co. · leaf 76
hich he offered the free use of his invention and servicesto the public, — all tended to make a permanent impression, and not onlyto give the Rumford fireplace precedence over all others, but even to placethe latter altogether in the shade. So much in the shade that, though in-finitely more… … Modern improvement of Rum-fords Fireplace. 44 THE OP J-: N FIRE PL A C E . concerned, remain so up to the present day. So great was the influenceof Count Rumford as a man of science, and his ability as a writer, thathis failure to acknowledge the value of the efforts of his predecessorsseemed like…
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