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In Britain, complains his biographer, people "still waste their fuel in open fireplaces and draughty rooms, oblivious of Rumford's advice . . . And they still drink tea and beer instead of coffee although the count implored them to change their drinking habits." In America, his medals went begging for years. But interest on the money accumulated steadily. Today the Rumford fund is worth more than $100,000 and 48 medals have been awarded. This year's winners: Nuclear Physicist Enrico Fermi of the University of Chicago, Nuclear Physicist Willis E. Lamb Jr. of Stanford and Theoretical Chemist Lars Onsanger of Yale.