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Rumford

American  
[ruhm-ferd] / ˈrʌm fərd /

noun

  1. Count. Benjamin Thompson.


Rumford British  
/ ˈrʌmfəd /

noun

  1. See Thompson

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To test this idea, Rumford placed the cannon barrels in water and timed how long it took for the water to boil.

From Science Daily Dec. 23, 2025

In 1963, California’s Rumford Act ushered in sweeping legal protections for people of color to buy homes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2025

Producers will also film in several city locations doubling as 1990s East London, including the gardens of St Nicholas Church and Tower Gardens, Rumford Street and Anfield, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

From BBC Nov. 3, 2022

A few years later, a survey conducted by the Maine Department of Health suggested that the town, Rumford, had an especially high incidence of cancer, aplastic anemia and lung disease.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2020

Rumford stayed on in France, where he died, universally esteemed by all but his former wives, in 1814.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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