468 EUMFORD PREMIUM. 



RUMFORD PREMIUM. 



In conformity with the terms of the gift of Benjamin, Count 

 Rumford, granting a certain fund to the American Academy of Arts 

 and Sciences, and with a decree of the Supreme Judicial Court 

 for carrying into effect the general charitable intent and purpose 

 of Count Rumford, as expressed in his letter of gift, the Academy 

 is empowered to make from the income of said fund, as it now 

 exists, at any annual meeting, an award of a gold and silver medal, 

 being together of the intrinsic value of three hundred dollars, as a 

 premium to the author of any important discovery or useful im- 

 provement in light or in heat, which shall have been made and pub- 

 lished by printing, or in any way made known to the public, in 

 any part of the continent of America, or any of the American 

 islands; preference being always given to such discoveries as 

 shall, in the opinion of the Acadenr^, tend most to promote the 

 good of mankind; and to add to such medals, as a further 

 premium for such discovery and improvement, if the Academy 

 see fit so to do, a sum of money not exceeding three hundred 

 dollars. 



