THE RUMFORD FUND 7 



intervals, a signal result marking a point in the flow of the stream. 

 Books and lectures presenting the last discoveries, or methods for 

 discovery, in the Count's favorite subjects of experiment, may be 

 regarded as even something better than an alternative in the im- 

 provement of his fund, to the use of it for a medal or premium 

 under the pressure of a supposed obligation to bestow it with chief 

 reference to the lapse of two years. 



" In view of all the circumstances and of the difficulties which the 

 case presented, one may reasonably affirm that when the honored 

 and venerated chief-justice gave validity to the decree of the court, 

 he might have felt the full assurance that Count Rumford himself 

 would have dictated its terms." 



At the close of the last fiscal year of the Academy 

 (1904-05) the Rumford Fund amounted to $58,722.16, 

 the income for that year having been $2550.73. 



A standing committee of the Academy known as the 

 Rumford Committee, consisting of seven Fellows, is 

 charged with the supervision of the trust created by 

 Count Rumford, and considers all applications and 

 claims for the Rumford Premium, and all applications 

 made for grants from the income of the fund in aid of 

 research or for other purposes. 



The Rumford Committee was first constituted a 

 standing committee in 1833. Its members were nomi- 

 nated annually by the President of the Academy until 

 1863, since which time they have been chosen in the 

 same manner as the other officers. 



The following is a list of those who have been mem- 

 bers of the Committee. 



