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Count Rumford - English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)

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He points out that Count Rumford in the 18th century discovered the principle of heat convection after burning his mouth on an apple pie.

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Who: Presented by: The Colonial Loyalist Alliance of Massachusetts, a consortium of National Historic Landmark house museums: Count Rumford House, Golden Ball Tavern, Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, Isaac Royall House, Loring-Greenough House, Shirley-Eustis House and Isaac Winslow House.

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