Contents. xi 



Letter to Pictet (1797) 736 



Proposals for forming a Public Institution for 

 diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the 

 Introduction of useful Mechanical Inventions, 

 ETC. (1799) 739 



Prospectus of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 

 (1800) 771 



Letter to Dr. Majendie 785 



Note on the Use of Steam as a Source of Heat . . 789 

 [Read before the National Institute of France, June 9, 1806.] 



Observations on the best Means of Heating the Hall 



of the Institute 790 



[Read before the National Institute of France, August 14, 1807.] 



List of Count Rumford's Works . • 796 



Index to the Four Volumes 821 



