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单词 rumford
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Rumfordn.

Brit. /ˈrʌmfəd/, U.S. /ˈrəmfərd/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rumford.
Etymology: < the title of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753–1814), American-born inventor and physicist. Compare slightly earlier Rumfordize v.Thompson was created Count Rumford (in the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire) in 1792 in recognition of his services to the Elector Karl Theodor of Bavaria.
Now chiefly historical.
I. Compounds.
1. attributive. Designating kitchen articles and other items invented by or associated with Rumford.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [adjective] > relating to other types of oven
Rumford1798
1798 Rep. Soc. Bettering Condition Poor 1 207 The Rumford kitchen enabled me to supply the public at a cheaper rate.
1831 R. Cox Adventures Columbia River II. xiv. 322 A bright brass footman..was suspended from the shining bars of a Rumford grate.
1905 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 27 609 A specially constructed small boiler, built on the order of a Rumford calorimeter.
1937 M. Lansing Mary Lyon through her Lett. 230 All marveled at the Rumford oven, given by Deacon Safford.
2000 T. Pinkard Hegel (2001) vii. 248 He asked Niethammer to procure a special ‘Rumford Coffee Maker’ from Munich for him.
2. Rumford fireplace n. (also Rumford's fireplace) a type of tall fireplace with a narrow throat which promotes a quick flow of smoke up the chimney without significant loss of heated air from the room.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > types of fireplace
range1423
Rumford fireplace1799
Rumford1810
roundabout1825
ingle1841
1799 T. Jefferson Let. 2 May in Papers (2004) XXXI. 102 You wished for the dimensions of the Rumford fireplaces.
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 34 Spacious apartments, clean paint and paper, Rumford fireplace.
1949 Times 10 Mar. 5/4Rumford's fireplaces’ were installed in many London houses.
1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts xlviii. 591/2 The Rumford fireplace is less common... It is designed to transfer more heat to the room and less to the chimney.
II. Simple uses.
3. A Rumford fireplace; a Rumford kitchen.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > types of fireplace
range1423
Rumford fireplace1799
Rumford1810
roundabout1825
ingle1841
1810 Belfast Monthly Mag. Oct. 315/2 The utility of the Portable Rumford had not probably been experienced in the field on any previous occasion in New England.
a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. v. 87 The fire-place..was contracted to a Rumford . View more context for this quotation
1894 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 22 857/2 She proposes to substitute dyspepsia by substituting scientific cooking for the ignorance which now rules the American kitchen, and is setting up ‘Rumfords’ in universities, colleges and academies.
1988 Harrowsmith Jan.–Feb. 46/2 He searched for a fireplace better attuned to the proportions of his early-Ontario house, and he eventually found it in the Rumford.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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