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pierre tumulaire and by a perpendicular monument 6 

 feet high, 6 feet in breadth, and 3 feet in thickness. 

 Both are of marble, and bear inscriptions as follows. 

 That on the monument is : 



A la Memoire 



<le 



BENJAMIN THOMPSON, 



Conite de Rumford, 



ne en 1753, a Concord * pres Boston, 



en Amerique, 

 mort le 21 Aout, 1814, a AuteuiL 



Physicien celebre, 



Philanthrope eclaire, 



ses decouvertes sur la lumiere 



et la ehaleur 



ont illustre son nom. 



Ses travaux pour ameliorer 



le sort des pauvres 

 le feront toujours cheri 

 des amis de rhuinanite. 



The flat stone is thus inscribed : 



En Baviere 



Lieutenant General, 



Chef de 1'Etat -Major General, 



Conseiller d'Etat, 

 Ministre de la Guerre. 



En France 



Membre de 1'Institut, 



Academic des Sciences. 



KUMFORD'S SCIENTIFIC WORK. 



As a factor in human affairs, Rumford ascribed to 

 gunpowder a dominant importance. No other invention 

 had exercised so great an influence. Hence the arduous 

 labour he expended in determining its action. At 

 Stoneland Lodge, the country seat of Lord George Ger- 

 main, in the year 1778, his inquiries into the force 

 and applications of gunpowder began. He directed his 

 attention to the position of the vent, the weight and 



* Ought to be Woburn. 

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