| Reference number | MM/11/54 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, London, to Sir Joseph Banks |
| Date | 12 July 1796 |
| Description | On a gift by Thompson of £1000, the interest from which is to be "applied and given once every second year as a Premium to the Author of the most Important Discovery...made and published... on the Heat, or on Light...".
This prize was established as the Rumford Medal. |
| Extent | 3 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8287 | Thompson; Benjamin (1753 - 1814); Count Rumford; physicist | 1753 - 1814 |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |