CHAPTER VII. 



Count Rumford as Founder of the Royal Institution of Great 

 Britain. His Plan and Proposals. Correspondence 

 with Thomas Bernard. Sketch of the Objects and 

 Principles of the Institution. Government to be in- 

 formed of the Design. ' Meetings of Managers. Char- 

 ter and Organization. Generous Patronage by the 

 Nobility. Prospectus. Building provided for the In- 

 stitution. Rumford' s Generous Gifts. He resides in 

 the Institution. His Illness. Dr. Young appointed 

 Professor, Editor of Journal, and Superintendent. 

 Rumford visits Harrowgate. His Essay on Warm 

 Bathing. Correspondence. Colonel Baldwin. Presi- 

 dent John Adams. President Willard. The Count's 

 Letter to Sir H. Davy, inviting him to the Royal In- 

 stitution. Faraday's Professorship and Directorship. 

 Pictefs Visit to Rumford, and Description of the House 

 at Brompton. The Bibliothtque Britannique on the Royal 

 Institution. Alleged Variances among the Managers. 

 Dr. Toung. Progress and Course of the Institution. 



THE reasons assigned by Count Rumford in the 

 correspondence with his friends in America, 

 given in the last chapter, for not at this time re- 

 visiting his native co'untry, were principally two, his 

 still existing obligations to the Bavarian government, 

 and the absorbing interest with which he was engaging 

 in the establishment of a new Institution in London. 

 The conception and plan of this Institution are to be 



