| RefNo | MC/3/76 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Arthur Trevelyan, Wallington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to the Council of the Royal Society |
| Date | 17 March 1840 |
| Description | Regarding the award and a possible candidate for the Rumford Medal. Trevelyan quotes Count Rumford's original letter, making a donation for the award, and queries the Society's current regulations. He further highlights his most recent discovery regarding heat, the chemical lamp. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | MC/3/81 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8287 | Thompson; Benjamin (1753 - 1814); Count Rumford; physicist | 1753 - 1814 |