In the same year he was elected to the Acadmie des Sciences and the following year despite the war between England and France Malus was awarded the Rumford medal of the Royal Society of London

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In the same year he was elected to the Academie des Sciences and the following year, despite the war between England and France, Malus was awarded the Rumford medal of the Royal Society of London .