INDEX.

Academy, American, of Arts and Sciences, 53;

Bavarian, of Arts and Sciences, 89

Accounts of the Royal Institution, 180, 203, 304, 425

Agriculture, Board of, 201, 202, 215

Alkalies, decomposition of, 279

Alloys, experiments on, proposed, 192

Astle, T., his library bought, 259

Baldwin, Loammi, 6, 8, 41, 59, 62, 65, 67, 68

Banks, Sir Joseph, 3, 29, 73, 75, 77, 78, 80, 134, 153, 215, 261, 263, 275, 369

Bavaria, Elector of, his introduction to Rumford, 28;

made Fellow of Royal Society, 29

Beggars at Munich, 31, 32

Bernard, Thomas (afterwards Sir Thomas), 46, 115, 138;

report on the Institution, 203, 301;

death, 302

Blagden, Sir C., 42, 69, 71, 77, 81, 84, 93

Böekman, Mr., 181

Brande, Mr., 308, 309, 389

Carleton, Sir Guy, 24, 25, 260, 405

Chemical operator, 172

Clinton, Sir Henry, 15, 19

Coleridge, Mr., his lectures, 277, 284, 342

Committee of Science, 215, 302, 309;

committees for investigation, 154, 186, 138, 192, 280

Concord, formerly Rumford, 3, 113

Cooper, Astley, 259

Crotch, Dr., 260

Curwen, Judge, his sketch of Thompson, 18

Cuvier, Baron, his éloge on Rumford, 13, 29, 36, 109

Dalton, Mr., 216, 290

Dartmouth, Lord, 12

Davy, Sir H., 70, 83, 113, 176, 180, 281, 300, 304, 307, 310;

his birth, 312;

at Bristol with Dr. Beddoes, 313;

his first work, 314;

opinion of by Southey, 315;

his first galvanic experiments, 316;

first interview with Rumford, 317;

his engagement at the Institution, 318, 320;

his first lectures, 321, 323;

his second year’s lectures, 326;

his success as a lecturer, 328;

his lectures on Agriculture, 329;

edited the Journal, 331;

made F.R.S., 331;

opinion of him by Coleridge, 332;

his own opinion, 333;

Dr. Dalton’s account of him, 334;

his letter to Coleridge, who was leaving England, 335;

his letter on the death of G. Watt, 337;

received the Copley medal, 338;

his picture of Ireland, 338;

his electrical discoveries, 339;

his first Bakerian lecture, 340;

secretary of the Royal Society, 341;

his account of Coleridge’s lectures, 342;

his laboratory notes of the decomposition of the alkalies, 343, 344, 345, 346;

his first sketch of the Bakerian lecture on the New Metals, 347, 348, 349;

his illness, 350;

Mr. Dibden’s account of his discoveries, 351, 352;

his lectures after his illness, 354;

his work, 355;

his new electric battery, 356;

tries to decompose nitrogen, 358;

his picture of the laboratory, 360;

his work on Chlorine, 363, 364;

his lectures at Dublin, 366;

his marriage, 367, 368, 369, 381;

his last lectures at the Royal Institution, 370;

on Radiant Matter, 371;

on Chlorine, 374;

on Simple Inflammable Bodies, 376;

on the Metals, 378;

his ‘Elements of Chemical Philosophy,’ 381;

reviewed by Dr. Young, 382, 384, 386;

his agricultural lectures, 387;

his work on Fluorine, 388;

elected honorary professor, 389;

his researches on flame, 390;

President of Royal Society, 390;

on the protection of ships, 391;

his first attack of paralysis, 391;

resignation of the presidentship, 393;

his last paper on the Torpedo, 396;

his last illness, 398;

his death, 400;

his picture by his friend Mr. Poole, 401, 403

Dibden, Mr., 213, 273, 283, 351, 352

Dragoons, King’s American, regiment, 16, 25, 26, 407

Elector of Bavaria, Theodore, 28, 29, 40, 41, 59, 60, 62;

Maximilian, 72, 77, 82, 97

Essays, Count Rumford’s, 43, 49, 76

Faraday, Michael, 307, 308, 310, 311, 389, 391

Fluoric principle, Davy on, 307, 308

Gage, Governor, 6, 11

Garden, English, at Munich, 37

Garnett, Dr., 141, 148, 157;

his life, 163 et seq.

Germain, Lord George, 12, 17, 18;

introduces Thompson to Sir. H. Clinton, 19;

praises Thompson to General Leslie, 21

Gibbon, his account of Rumford, 27

Gilray, caricature of Rumford and Royal Institution, 78

Guizot, M., his éloge on Madame de Rumford, 101

Harris, Mr., first librarian, 213

Hatchett, Mr., 154, 159, 204, 213

Heat, on the source of, 49;

motion, 51

Hippesley, Sir John, 146, 148, 152, 156, 180

Howe, General, 10, 11, 13

Huntingdon, barracks at Long Island, 25

Industry, House of, at Munich, 33

Institution, London, the, 274, 275

Institution, Royal, the, germ of, 44;

Proposals, 66;

caricature of, 78;

foundation, 114;

objects, 121;

funds, 125;

privileges of proprietors, 126;

subscribers, 128;

government, 129;

managers, 130;

visitors, 132;

first meeting of proprietors, 134;

first meeting of managers, 136;

charter, 138;

new prospectus, 147;

new theatre, 148;

abstract of the accounts, 180;

report of, in 1801, 181;

Davy appointed assistant lecturer at, 181;

lecturer, 186;

Young appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at, 188;

report on in 1802, 195;

Rumford’s last report on, 197;

committee on the state of, 201;

the first report of the committee on, 203;

description of by Young, 206;

progress of, 258 et seq.;

compared with the London Institution, 275;

difficulties of, 281;

value of the property, 282;

described by Davy, 280, 292 et seq.;

income and expenditure of, from the commencement to 1814, 425

Jenner, Dr., 303

Journal of the Royal Institution, 153, 155, 181, 187, 188, 197, 210

King Rufus, 63, 66

Kitchens, 151

Laboratory, 152, 155, 159, 160, 204, 269

Landseer, Mr., 272, 273

Lavoisier, Madame, 83, 88, 92, 97, 101, 113, 189

Lawrence, Mr., 277, 303

Lectures, first, at the Institution, 167, 170;

of Davy and Young, 191;

of Dalton, 219

Leslie, General, 21, 23

Library, foundation of, 204, 212

Light, experiments on, 40

Long Island, 25

Magneto-electricity, discovery of, 279

Marion, General, defeated by Thompson, 22

Master of the Workshops, 181

Mechanics’ School, 142, 162

Mellish, his house bought, 138

Military Academy, Munich, 36

Mineralogical collection, 266, 267, 268, 270

Model room, 155

Motion heat, 51

Munich, 28, 31, 34, 39, 50, 59, 82, 99, 113

Napoleon, First Consul, description of, 73, 79

National Institute, 75

Nova Scotia, 25, 26

Parliament, Act of, 288, 291

Payne, William, 281, 305, 306

Pictet, Professor, his account of Rumford, 27, 145

Printing press, 153, 189, 260

Proposals for founding the Royal Institution, 114, 121

Proprietors, 271, 273, 285, 287, 296, 303

Pupils in the laboratory, 269

Resignation of Dr. Garnett, 177

Report on the Institution, 181

Repository, 152

Rolfe, Mrs. Colonel, the first wife of Rumford, 4

Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count, 1;

his education, 2;

his first note-book, 3;

his first marriage, 4;

major of militia, 5;

persecuted as Royalist, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;

leaves his wife, child, and country, 11;

made Secretary of Georgia, 13;

volunteer in British fleet, 14;

Fellow of the Royal Society, 15;

Under Secretary of State, 17;

Deputy Inspector General of Provincial Forces, 17;

Lieut.-Colonel of King’s American Dragoons, 19;

embarks for New York, 20;

arrives in Carolina, 21;

commands the cavalry there, 21;

his action on the Santee river, 22;

mentioned in the general orders by General Leslie, 23;

arrives at New York, 24;

consulted by Sir H. Clinton, 24;

commands at Huntingdon, Long Island, 25;

volunteers to serve in West Indies, 26;

returns to London, 26;

leaves England for the Austrian service, 27;

meets the nephew of the Elector of Bavaria, 28;

goes to Munich, 28;

knighted and enters Bavarian service, 28;

aide-de-camp and colonel in Bavaria, 29;

his reforms in Bavaria, 30-37;

experiments on conduction of heat, 38;

experiments on light, 40;

his honours, 41;

his essays, 43, 49;

on Heat, 50;

his medals in America, 53;

in England, 54;

awarded the first Rumford medal, 54;

his work and honours in Ireland, 55;

his picture by his daughter, 57;

saves Munich, 59;

Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to England, 61;

not received, 62;

invited to America, 64;

founds the Royal Institution, 69;

revisits Munich, 71;

first visits Paris, 73;

leaves England, 77;

returns to Munich, 81;

his engagement to Madame Lavoisier, 87;

his marriage, 90;

further scientific researches, 93;

his wretched married life, 94;

goes to Auteuil, 96;

his separation, 97;

returns to Munich, 99;

further researches, 104;

visited by Davy, 105;

his life at Auteuil, 106;

his death, 109;

his will, 112;

his bequest to Harvard College, 112;

to Davy, 113;

founds the Royal Institution, 114 et seq.;

his last report on the Institution, 197;

causes of his departure from England, 200;

state of the funds when he left the Institution, 201;

original documents regarding his service in the American war, 405 et seq.

Savage, Mr., 155, 189

Simonds, Miss, Rumford’s mother, 1

Smith, Sir James, 259

Smith, Sydney, 260, 264, 265, 272, 273, 277

Society for bettering the condition of the poor, 46, 118, 138, 147

Subscribers to lectures only, 193;

ladies recommending subscribers, 209

Subscription for Dr. Garnett’s children, 179

Tanning, Davy to lecture on, 186, 190

Theatre of Institution, 149, 152

Thompson, Benjamin, Ebenezer and James, ancestors of Count Rumford, 1

Underwood, Mr., 105

Ventilation, 273

Verona, hospitals at, 42

Volta, experiments on animal electricity, 43, 73, 74, 84, 156, 278

Walker, Rev. T., the father-in-law of Rumford, 3, 7

Webster, Mr., 138, 141, 148, 172, 185, 193, 195

Wentworth, Governor, 4

Winchelsea, Earl of, first president, 141

Woburn, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Rumford, 1, 8

Wollaston, Dr., 300, 303

Workhouse at Munich, 31

Workshops at the Institution, 198

Young, Dr. Thomas, 112;

made Professor, 188;

his lectures, 191, 205, 240, 244;

his preface to the second volume of the Journal of the Institution, 206, 246;

his reply to the ‘Edinburgh Review,’ 211;

his early history, 223 et seq.;

made F.R.S., 225;

at Edinburgh, 226;

ceased to be a Quaker, 227;

his Highland tour, 228;

at Göttingen, 229;

at Cambridge, 232;

his discoveries on light, 235;

reviewed by Lord Brougham, 236;

his reply, 237;

professor at the Royal Institution, 238;

his editing of the Journals, 239;

his introductory lecture on the objects of the Institution, 242;

foreign secretary of the Royal Society, 246;

leaves the Royal Institution, 246;

elected a life subscriber, 246;

published his lectures on Natural Philosophy, 247;

physician of St. George’s Hospital, 248;

began his hieroglyphical researches, 249;

his articles in the ‘Encyclopædia Britannica,’ 250;

his article on Egypt, 250;

superintendent of the ‘Nautical Almanac,’ 250;

comparison of Young and Fresnel, 251;

his interviews with Champollion, 253;

abuse for the ‘Nautical Almanac,’ 254;

his death, 255;

his character drawn by Sir H. Davy, 256;

by Davies Gilbert, 257;

his answer to Rumford when offered the professorship at Royal Institution, 417;

his invention of a micrometer, 419 et seq.

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