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144 Vote ofThanlis to Count Riimford, 



fuccefsfully cultivated : That they entertain a high fenfe of 



the fentiments and views, fo becoming a philofopher, which 



have prompted him to this diflinguiflied a6l of hberahty ; 

 and in the execution of the grateful oiEce, which they have 



imdertaken, of awarding and diftributing the premium w^hich 

 Count Rumford has thus appropriated, they vdll facredly 

 comply with the conditions of the donation ; indulging the 

 hope, that he will meet his reward, in learning that many in 

 his native country arc thereby excited to emulate his labours, 



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and to promote the accomplifhment of his beneficent wifhes 



for the advancement offcience, and the augmentation of hu- 

 man hap pine fs. 



Voted, That the Correfponding Secretary be requefted to 



tranfmit a copy of the preceding vote to Count Rumford by 

 the earheft opportunity. 



T a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences, May 26, 180 1. ^ 



Voted, That the Academy at their meeting in May next and 

 afterwards, biennially, at their May meeting, wdll decide on 

 the difcovery or improvement, wliich may appear to be en- 

 titled to the premium diredcd to be given by Count Rumford, 



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according to the terms of his letter to the prefident of the 

 Academy, dated July 1 2th, 1796. ' 



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