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Benjamin Thompson's cradle, exhibited within the house. A Rumford fireplace, with its shallow angled sides, is visible in the background. The Benjamin Thompson House (also known as the Count Rumford Birthplace) is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 90 Elm Street, in the North Woburn area of Woburn, Massachusetts.
The Rumford roaster is an early cast iron oven, invented by Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, [1] around 1800. [2] It was part of his development of the kitchen range, which gave more control of the cooking and saved fuel. [3] He published his research in 1805. [4] The Rumford roaster is a cylinder of cast-iron set into a brick wall.
Chantico in Codex Ríos. In Aztec religion, Chantico ("she who dwells in the house") is the deity reigning over the fires in the family hearth. She broke a fast by eating paprika with roasted fish, and was turned into a dog by Tonacatecuhtli as punishment. She was associated with the town of Xochimilco, stonecutters, as well as warriorship.
Before the paparazzi and TMZ, we had to rely on celebrity postcards to get a glimpse into the private estates (and Christmas trees) of Hollywood’s finest.These vintage postcards from the 1920s ...
After authorities reopened parts of Altadena for the first time since the Eaton fire, residents returned to a grim checkerboard of destroyed homes next to others that were largely spared.
President Donald Trump proposed to turn the Gaza Strip into a "Riviera of the Middle East."
The Rumford Archaeological Sites are a collection of prehistoric Native American sites in the vicinity of the Androscoggin River near Rumford, Maine.These six sites provide a window of observation into the movements and practices of Native Americans from c. 7,000 BCE (the early Archaic period) to the Late Woodland period and contact with Europeans.
President Trump slammed congressional Democrats Friday for attempting to barge into the Department of Education – where he assigned his team of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cost ...