Report on the adjudication of the Copley, Rumford and Royal medals : and appointment of the Bakerian, Croonian, and Fairchild lectures : compiled from the original documents in the archives of the Royal Society / by James Hudson.

  • Hudson, James
Date:
1834
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Credit: Report on the adjudication of the Copley, Rumford and Royal medals : and appointment of the Bakerian, Croonian, and Fairchild lectures : compiled from the original documents in the archives of the Royal Society / by James Hudson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    RUMFORD MEDAL. LIEUT. GENERAL SIR BENJAMIN THOMPSON, Knt., Count of Rumford, V.P.R.S., gave to the Royal Society at the Anniver- sary Meeting in 1796, One Thousand Pounds, Three per cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, on condition, That the amount of the interest of the same might “ be applied and given once every “ second year, as a premium to the Author of the most impor- “ tant Discovery, or Useful Improvement which shall be made, “ and published by printing, or in any way made known to the “ public, in any part of Europe, during the preceding two years, “ on Heat, or on Light; the preference always being given to “ such discoveries as shall, in the opinion of the President and “ Council of the Royal Society, tend most to promote the good “ of mankind.” That the premium “ may always be given in two Medals, struck “ in the same die, the one of gold, and the other of silver; and of “ such dimensions, that both of them together may he just equal “ in intrinsic value to the amount of the interest of the aforesaid “ one thousand pounds stock during two years ; that is to say, “ that they may together he of the value of Sixty Pounds.” That “ if during any term of years, reckoning from the last
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