General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 SILVER MEDAL..2 PRESENTATION CASE COVERED IN IMITATION LEATHER; LINED WITH SILK & VELVET.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

6.4 cm

Width

6.4 cm

Height

1.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Astronomy

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SHREVE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Boston

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

Period

THIS MEDAL WAS AWARDED TO J.L. YEN IN 1971. RUMFORD PRIZE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1839.

Canada

MEDAL PRESENTED TO PROF. J.L. (ALLEN) YEN, TEAM LEADER OF THE GROUP OF CDN SCIENTISTS CITED FOR THEIR SUCCESS IN THE LONG BASE LINE INTERFEROMETER THAT CONNECTED THE RADIO TELESCOPES AT ALGONQUIN RADIO OBSERVATORY (ALGONQUIN PARK, ON) & THE DOMINION RADIO ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY (PENTICTON, BC) IN 1967 (REF. 1). CANADA'S LONG BASE LINE INTERFEROMETER PROJECT WAS FIRST SUCCESSFUL LINKING OF DATA RECEIVED AT SITES THAT WERE NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED: THE RECORD FOR PREVIOUS RADIO TELESCOPE DISHES BEING ONLY A FEW KILOMETERS APART, AND 'HARD' WIRED (REF. 1).

Function

AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELDS OF LIGHT AND HEAT.

Technical

RUMFORD PRIZE IS 1 OF 7 AWARDS GIVEN BY AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES. EST'D IN 1839, IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SCIENTIFIC PRIZES IN THE US. THE ENDOWMENT WAS CREATED BY A BEQUEST TO THE ACADEMY FROM BENJAMIN THOMPSON, COUNT RUMFORD, IN 1796. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELDS OF HEAT & LIGHT. (REF.1) *

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 Face of coin marked: [cast] "RUMFORD MEDAL FOR DISCOVERIES IN LIGHT OR HEAT/ AWARDED/ BY THE/ AMERICAN ACADEMY/ OF/ ARTS AND SCIENCES/ TO/ [inscribed] THE CANADIAN RESEARCH TEAM/ FOR WORK IN THE FIELD OF/ LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY/ 1971". Obverse bears raised portrait of Rumford, and text: [cast] "* BENJAMIN COUNT RUMFORD */ BORN 1753 DIED 1814". "FURST, F." cast in raised print below portrait. "SHREVE, CRUMP & LOW CO./ STERLING" & "NORMAN W. BROTEN- JACK L. LOCKE- THOMAS H. LEGG- CHARLES W. McLEISHROGER S. RICHARDS- R.M. CHISHOLM- H.P. GUSH- J.L. YEN- JOHN A. GALT" incised along edge./ .2 "SHREVE/ CRUMP & LOW COMPANY/ BOSTON" PRINTED IN GOLD ON CASE LID LINING.

Missing

NONE.

Finish

.1 SILVER MEDAL..2 CASE HAS BLACK PEBBLE-TEXTURED EXTERIOR; DARK RED VELVET & SATIN LINING.

Decoration

OBVERSE SIDE OF MEDAL BEARS RAISED LIKENESS OF BENJAMIN, COUNT RUMFORD, BY F. FURST, AS SEEN IN PROFILE.