CH APTE R X. 



Count Rumford at Auteuil. Historical and Tragic Inter- 

 est of his Dwelling. His Daughter s Voyage to rejoin 

 him. Her Capture. Correspondence with Sir Charles 

 Blagden. Her Arrival at Auteuil. Her Letter to 

 Mr. J. F. Baldwin. The Count's Letters to him. 

 The Count's Letters to his Mother. The Daughter s 

 Reception. Description of her Father s Home and Cir- 

 cumstances. Visits from Madame Lavoisier de Rumford. 

 Projected Work on Order. The Count's Scientific 

 Labors as Foreign Associate of the French Institute. 

 Papers read before it. Three more Essays. Experi- 

 ments of Broad Wheels for Carriages. His Calorimeter 

 and Photometer. Life with his Daughter. Drives 

 and Visits. His Intimate Friends. Visit of Davy to 

 Auteuil. The Count' s last Days. His Death. His 

 Daughter s Strange Notions about that Event. An- 

 nouncement of his Death. His Funeral. Ear on De- 

 lesserf s Address at his Grave. A Woman s Tribute. 

 Cuviers Eloge. Notices of the Count's Death and 

 Character in England. Mr. Underwood's Sketch of 

 him. Dr. Youngs. Colonel Baldwin's. Count Rum- 

 ford's Grave and Monument. His last Will. Rum- 

 ford Professorship at Harvard College. Dr. Bigclow s 

 Discourse. The Daughter s Subsequent Life. Corres- 

 pondence. Her Final Return to America. Her Death 

 and Bequests. Rumford' s Statue at Munich. 



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OUNT RUMFORD, recovering, as he said, his 

 independence, sought to enjoy it under such con- 



