Life of Coimt Riimford. 437 



As to the matter of alleged variances between Count 

 Rumford and the managers of the Royal Institution, 

 I can say little more than that I have met with no in- 

 formation which would warrant even the inference that 

 he, in any case or to any extent, was at issue with them 

 as a body, or that they as such were upon any subject 

 in opposition to him. With individuals once sharing 

 friendly and very cordial relations with him, Rumford 

 did undoubtedly cease to hold such relations, whether 

 because he alienated them wilfully, or because they 

 found him personally or officially disagreeable to them. 

 In another connection I shall have occasion to quote 

 the repeated assertions of his once very intimate com- 

 panion and associate, Sir Charles Blagden, that he had 

 parted friendship with the Count and should no longer 

 correspond with him. This variance, however, was 

 strictly personal, having apparently no connection with 

 the affairs or the management of the Royal Institution. 

 Dr. Young would seem to have had no quarrel with 

 Rumford. Of this eminent philosopher, Dr. Jones 

 very justly says, in a letter now before me: "Young 

 was never out of scientific war, and never got the honor 

 he deserved. His is a strange history. He ought to 



he thought would be generally interesting to the people of the United States. This 

 volume, published in Baltimore in 1803, is the one from which the above extracts are 

 made (pp. 377, 378). 



Though aside from the point now engaging us, I am prompted to quote the next 

 paragraph of this biographical sketch, as follows : 



" Count Rumford is allowed to be a man of profound research, close application, 

 and extensive science. His house at Brompton is well calculated to give an idea of 

 the owner. The uppermost story is converted into a laboratory for chemical experi- 

 ments. His chimneys are eontrived so as to economize fuel, prevent smoke, and pro- 

 duce heat; while his double windows, constructed in imitation of those of Germany, 

 Sweden, Denmark, and Russia, exclude the frost during the winter, and serve as so 

 many conservatories for such plants as are incapable of being inured to bear the rigors 

 of our climate." 



