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photometer known by his name, and his researches 1 

 in heat and light are well known to men of science 

 so much so that the Royal Society perpetuates his name 

 by awarding a Rumford medal for researches in physics. 

 He was the founder of the Royal Institution, and a 

 philanthropist. Rumford died on 21st August 1814, 

 and lies buried in the Cimetiere d'Auteuil, Paris. 



The large and beautiful monument on his grave was 

 destroyed by a shell during the Commune in 1871, but 

 was restored in 1876, at the expense of the American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences of the College of Harvard, 

 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 



1 Memoires sur la Ghaleur (1809); Recherches sur la Chaleur 

 developpee dans la Combustion (1813), etc. 



