Thompson Benjamin

Thomp·son

 (tŏmp′sən, tŏm′-), Benjamin Count Rumford. 1753-1814.

American-born British public official and physicist who conducted numerous experiments on heat and friction, concluding that heat is produced by moving particles.

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Thomp·son

(tŏmp′sən, tŏm′sən), Benjamin Count Rumford. 1753-1814.

American-born British physicist who conducted numerous experiments on heat and friction, which led him to discover that heat is produced by moving particles.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.