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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 improvement in light or in heat, which shall 

 have been made and published 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 Academy, tend 

 most to promote the good of mankind ; and to add to such 

 medals, as a further premium for such discovery and improve- 

 ment, if the Academy see fit so to do, a sum of money not 

 exceeding three hundred dollars. 



