Vote cf "Thanh to Count RUMFORD. 



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T a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and 



Sciences, at Bofton, May 29, 1798. 



Whereas Benjamin Coimt of Rumford of Munich, in Ba- 

 varia, has prefented to this Inilitution, the fiim of five thou- 

 fand dollars in the three per cent flock of the United States, 

 the interefl of which,: by the terms of the donation, as ex- 

 preffedinhis letter of July 26, 1796, to the prefident of the 

 Academy, is to be " apphed and given once every fecond year, 

 as a premium to the author of the moft important difcovery 

 or improvement which Ihall be made and pubUfhed by print- 

 ing, or in any way made known to the public, in any part of 

 the continent of America, or in any of the American Iflands, 



during the preceding two years, on Heat^ or on Light :" 

 which donation has been accepted hj the Academy, and by 

 proper cert 

 ftock has now become the property of the Academy. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Academy be prefented to 

 Count E.um.ford, for this his very generous donation, and that 

 they experience the highefl fatisfacflion in receiving this ad- 

 ditional and very liberal aid for the- encouragement and ex- 

 tenfion of thofe interefling branches of fcience, which he has 

 fpecified as the objedls of his gratuity, and which he has fo 



fuccefsfully 



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ficates, which accident only has delayed,* the faid 



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The certificates of flock, and the power of attorney to raalce the transfer, were 



loft, in confequence of the capture of the vefTel by which they were feiit. 



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