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Description Statue of Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) by Caspar von Zumbusch, in front of Winn Memorial Library, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA. A copy of the original in Munich, Germany. Cast 1899. Installed Feb. 6, 1900. (On front of base, in raised letters:) BENJAMIN THOMPSON/COUNT RUMFORD (On bronze plaque on front of base, in raised letters:) THIS STATUE/BY CASPAR ZUMBUSCH/A REPLICA OF THE ONE IN MUNICH/GERMANY/WAS GIVEN TO THE WOBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY/BY MARSHALL TIDD/1899 (On bronze plaque on east side of base, in raised letters:) BENJAMIN THOMPSON/COUNT RUMFORD/BORN IN WOBURN MAR 26 1755/DIED IN PARIS AUG 21 1814/THE EARLIEST/SCIENTIFIC PHILANTHOPIST/HE DESIGNED PUBLIC GARDENS/AND BY MANY INVENTIONS/CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMFORTS/AND ENJOYMENTS/OF THE PEOPLE/HE PROVED THAT HEAT IS MOTION/AND HAD A GLIMPSE/OF THE GREAT DOCTRINE/KNOWN LATER AS/THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY/IN EXILE/HE WON HIGH PLACES/OF TRUST AND COMMAND.
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