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2020.11.08-15.21.13

            Inscription: 
(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 unsigned
   

Taken in: United States / Massachusetts / Woburn / Woburn (show map)

Taken on: November 8, 2020

Tags:

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Woburn

Woburn Public Library

Benjamin Thompson

Count Rumford

Massachusetts

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Sets appears in: • 2018-2023 Misc Photos • Woburn Massachusetts

Groups appears in: • Massachusetts • Views: 700 more » • New England Amateur Photographs • New England Photo • 10 Million Photos • Geotagged: Massachusetts « less

Camera: Olympus E-M1, f/4.0, 1/100 sec, 28mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M1
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.12-100mm F4.0
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Version 4.3
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