398 Lifj of Count Rumford. 



Lists of the Proprietors and Subscribers ; and an Ap- 

 pendix. London. Printed for the Royal Institution. 

 1800." It bears a vignette of the corporate seal of the 

 Institution, which is a flourishing and fruit-bearing tree 

 sprouting out of a mural crown, the circle being sur- 

 mounted by the royal crown of Britain. The King 

 appears as Patron, the officers of the Institution were 

 appointed by him at its formation, the Earl of Win- 

 chilsea and Nottingham being President ; the Earls of 

 Morton and of Egremont, and Sir Joseph Banks, Vice- 

 Presidents ; the Earls of Bessborough, Egremont, and 

 of Morton, being respectively the first-named on each 

 of the three classes of Managers, on the first of which, 

 to serve for three years, is Count Rumford. The 

 Duke of Bridgewater, Viscount Palmerston, and Earl 

 Spencer, lead each of the three classes of Visitors. The 

 whole list proves with what a power of patronage, as 

 well as with what popularity and enthusiasm, the enter- 

 prise was initiated. Dr. Thomas Garnett was made 

 Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, and 

 Thomas Bernard, Esq., Treasurer. A Home and For- 

 eign Secretary, Legal Council, a Solicitor, and a Clerk, 

 complete the list. 



Then follows the Prospectus, which is evidently 

 from the pen of Count Rumford, as it exhibits his 

 direct and earnest style of presenting and emphasizing, 

 as of the highest practical interest for civilized society, 

 all those multiplied, homely, and economical objects 

 of inquiry and improvement which tend to promote 

 the welfare and increase the conveniences of human life. 

 The word INSTITUTION, the writer says, was chosen 

 after mature deliberation, as having been least appro- 

 priated by previous establishments, and as best adapted 



