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