SClENtlFlC NEWS. J59 



I SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



ly ^ Prize for the Artificial Compofition of Palladium. 



In confequence of the intimation received by the anonymous 

 paper of which a copy is given in the laft number of this 

 Journal, at page 75, I waited upon Mrs. Forfter, who per- 

 fonally aflured me that (he holds the fum of twenty pounds, 

 (which was paid to her by the fame unknown perfon who 

 placed the palladium in her hands,) under the truftor engage- 

 ment to pay the fame to the bearer of the certificate mentioned 

 on the faid paper, at any time before Midfummer next; and 

 that, if not claimed during that time, fhe fliall afterwards 

 confider herfelf at liberty to repay the money when demanded 

 by the fame unknown perfon. 



I have therefore requeued Charles Hatchett, Esq. F. R. S. 

 and Edward Howard, Esq. F. R. S. to join myfelf as judges 

 of the produ6l which may be made in our prefence, agreeably 

 \^ to the before-mentioned paper ; to which propofal they have 

 confented. And I have no doubt but that the commiffion will 

 enable me to prefent to my readers an account of whatever 

 may be the refultof this public invitation. 



Prize adjudged at the lajt Public Meeting of the National 

 Inftitute'^. 



THE decree of the government, May the 2nd. 1803, that Annual prize for 

 anthorized the Inftitute to accept the capital of 10000 franks, ^^emoftufeful 

 [417o£'.] offered by Lalande, exprefles, " that, agreeably to the paper or oblerva- 

 intention of the donor, the intereft ftiould be laid out annually ''°"* 

 in a gold medal, which, or its value in money, (hould be 

 given to the perfon, in France or elfewhere, the members of 

 the Inflitute only excepted, who ftiould have made the ob- 

 fervation, or written the memoir, that might appear moft 

 conducive to the progrefs of aftronomy." 



Accordingly, on the report of the committee nominated for Decreed to 

 the purpofe, the phylical and mathematical clafs decreed the ^'' 9'^^" ^°' 

 prize 10 Dr. W. Olbers, for having difcovered, in the courfe a planet!^"' 

 of the year 10, the planet to which aftronomers have given 

 the name of pallas olherfiana. 



* La Decade Fhilofophique, No, Si). Julj- 1803. p. 142. 



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