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MISCELLANY. 



Rum ford's Discoveries in Thermodynam- 

 ics. — In his sketch of the growth of the 

 science of thermodynamics, Prof. P. G. Tait, 

 of the University of Edinburgh, rates the 

 services of Count Rumford second in im- 

 portance to those of Davy, and does not 

 apparently consider them comparable to 

 those of Joule. Prof. R. H. Thurston, of 

 the Stevens Institute of Technology, in a 

 note relating to Rumford's determination 

 of the mechanical equivalent of heat, points 

 out the injustice of this proceeding, on the 

 part of Prof. Tait, and says that " we may 

 claim for Rumford : 1. That he was the first 

 to prove the immateriality of heat, and to 

 indicate that it is a form of energy, pub- 

 lishing his conclusions a year before Davy ; 

 2. That he first, and nearly a half-century 

 before Joule, determined, with almost per- 

 fect accuracy, the mechanical equivalent of 



