1 85 French National Injlitutt .—Prize Qucjlions. 



intention of the firft conful, who propofes to eftahlifh a prize 

 for an important difcovery in electricity or galvanifm ; by 

 C. Biot. 4th, Historical notice refpecYmg the life and 

 works of C. Legrand d'Aufli, by C. Leveique. 5th, Report 

 on the prize propofed in regard to a queftion in architecture, 

 by C. Ameilhon. 6th, Report on the prize propofed for the 

 eulogy of Boil^au-Defpreaux, by C. Andrieux. 7th, Hifto- 

 rical notice on the life and works of C. Dolomieu, by C. An- 

 drieux. 8th, Short memoir on the origin of printing, by 

 C. Daunou. 9th, Fragment of a free and abridged tranfla- 

 tion of the third book of the Pharfalia, containing a descrip- 

 tion of the fiege of Marfeilles ; by C. Lcgouv£. 



The following are the new prize queftions which have been 

 propofed : 



Clafs of the Moral and Political Sciences, 



Morals. — How far does the barbarous treatment to which 

 animals are fubjectod intereft public morality, and would it 

 be proper to mate laws on that fubjeel: ? 



The prize will be a gold medal of the weight of five hec- 

 togrammes (about 70I. fierling), and will be adjudged in the 

 public fitting of Vendemiaire, year 12. No papers will be 

 received after the 15th of Meffidor, year II, 



Political Economy. — What influence has the progrefiive 

 abolition of flavery in Europe had on the increafe of know- 

 ledge and the riches of nations ? 



The prize will be a medal of the fame value, and will be 

 adjudged in the public fitting of Nivofe, year 12. Papers 

 will be received till the 15th Vendemiaire, year II. 



CLJS of Literature and the Fine Arts, 

 Eloquence, — In the public fitting of Germinal 15, year 9, 

 the clafs propofed as the prize queftion for eloquence the 

 eloge of Nicholas Boileau-Defpreaux ; but, as none of the 

 papers prefented were thought worthy of the prize, the clafs 

 propofes the fame fubjeel: again for the year 12. 



The prize will be a gold medal of the value of five hecto- 

 grammes, and will be adjudged in the public fitting of Ven- 

 demiaire, year 1 2. The papers muft be tranfmitted to the 

 fecretary of the Inftitute before the 15th of Meffidor, year 11. 



Clafs of the Mathematical and Phjfical Sciences, 



Mathematics. — To make a new feries of experiments on the 

 preflure which water in a ftate of motion cxercifes againft a 

 body at reft, and that which the fame fluid when at reft ex- 

 ercifes againft a body in motion ; making it a principal object 

 of refearch to meamre the particular preilure experienced by 



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