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Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | Rumford spied for the British in the American Revolution, and was forced to flee from America to England 1776. |
 | | Rumford devised the domestic range - the 'fire in a box' - and fireplaces incorporating all the features now considered essential in open fires and chimneys, such as the smoke shelf and damper. |
 | | Rumford was born in Massachusetts and was self-educated. |
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