Rumford fireplaces have always scared me. Invented in 1796 by Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford, they are very tall and very shallow. They just look like more smoke is going to come into the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Fireplaces are a nice feature in any home. Count Rumford fireplaces, known for their heat efficiency, are tall and shallow, reflecting heat back into the room. Constructed from fire bricks and ...

Good morning, homies. The Home Repair/Improvement Shop is open. This week I am going to expand on a comment I posted late to last week's thread that mentioned the "Count Rumford" type fireplaces I ...

Whenever a stranger to Mansfield wants to visit my wife and me, we give him (or sometimes her) directions to our neighborhood and then say, “Look for the house with two big chimneys.” The chimneys are ...

Woburn’s Benjamin Thompson was a world-renowned statesman and scientist. But his name may be unfamiliar to most people. Thompson is more famously known as Count Rumford. More than 60 years after ...