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Geneve: G.J. Manget, An VII [1799]. First edition in French, containing Rumford’s first nine essays, which record his experiences in the field of public welfare and the amelioration of the condition of the poor. The first volume discusses his philanthropic work, including the propagation of the potato, the making of.....