Premiums in Polite Arts. 



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the most correct analysis of any mineral produc- 

 tion ol'Great Britain, hitherto either unexamined 

 or not examined with accuracy ; the gold medal. 

 The analysis and sufficient specimens to he pro- 

 duced to the Society on or before the first Tues- 

 day in January, 1803. 



86. Preparation of sulphuric Acid 

 from Sulphur without the Use of any 

 nitric Salt. To the person who shall pre- 

 pare the largest quantity (not less than one ton) 

 of sulphuric acid from sulphur, without any 

 nitric salt, of a specific gravity, not inferior to 

 the l>est sulphuric acid of commerce; the gold 

 medal, or fifty guineas. Certificates that not less 

 than the above quantity of such an acid has been 

 prepared, together with a sample, to be produced 

 to the Society on or before the first Tuesday in 

 January, 1803. j, 



87. Preparation of any alkaline or 

 iarthy Nitrate. To the person who shall 

 prepare, in Great Britain, the largest quantity, 

 not less than one hundred weight, of any salt of 

 nitric acid, with either earths or alkalies, by a 

 method superior to those hitherto practised ; the 

 jold medal, or orte hundred guineas. Certificates 

 of the above quantity having been prepared, and 

 a sample of not less than 281b. to be produced to 

 the Society on or before the last Tuesday in Ja- 

 nuary, 1803. 



88. Fine Bar-iron. To the person, in 

 Great Britain, who shall make the greatest quan- 

 tity of bar-iron, not less than ten tons, with coak, 

 from coak-pigs, equal in quality to the best iron 

 imported from Sweden or Russia, and as fit for 

 converting into steel; the gold medal, or fifty- 

 guineas. Samples, not less than one hundred 

 weight, lith certificates that the whole quantity 

 is of equal quality, to be produced to the Society 

 on or before the first Tuesday in January, 1803. 



89. Preserving Iron from Rust. To the 

 person who shall invent and discover to the So- 

 ciety a cheap composition, superior to any now 

 in use, which shall effectually preserve wrought 

 iron from rust, the gold medal, or fifty guineas. 

 A full description of the method of preparing 

 the composition, with certificates that it has 

 stood at least two years unimparcd, being ex- 

 posed to the atmosphere during the whole time, 

 to be produced to the Society, with ten pounds 

 weight of the composition, on or before the first 

 Tuesday in January, 1803. 



90. Refinino Block-tin. To the person 

 %ho shall discover to the Society the best me- 

 thod of purifying or refining block-tin, so as to 

 render it fit for the finest purposes to which grain- 

 tin is now applied, and not higher in price; the 

 gold medal, or fifty guineas. Certificates that 

 not less than three tons have been refined or pu- 

 rified, with a full detail of the process, and a 

 quantity, not less than one hundred weight, of 

 the tin so refined, to be produced to the Society 

 on or before the first Tuesday in January, 1803. 



91. Glazing Earthen-Ware without 

 Lead. To the person who shall discover to the 

 Society the cheapest, safest, most durable, and 

 juo6t easily-fusible, composition, fit for the 



purpose of glazing the ordinary kinds of earthen- 

 ware, Without any preparation of lead, and supe- 

 rior to any hitherto in use; the gold- medal, or 

 thirty guineas. Specimens of the ware so glazed, 

 with proper certificates of its having succeeded, 

 and a sample of the materials made use of, to b« 

 produced to the Society on or before the first 

 Tuesday in February, 1803. 



92. Refining Copper from the Ore. To 

 the person who shall discover to the Society th6 

 best method of separating, purifying, and refin- 

 ing copper from the ore, so as to render it fit 

 for the finest purposes to which fine copper is 

 now applied, and by a process superior to any 

 hitherto known or in use, and not higher in 

 price; the gold medal, or fifty guineas. Certifi- 

 cates that not less than three tons have been s<# 

 prepared or refined, and a quantity not less than 

 one hundred weight of the copper so refined, to> 

 be produced to the Society on or before the first 

 Tuesday in February, 1803. 



93. MINERALOGICAL Map OfEnGLAND AND 



Wales. To the person who shall complete and 

 publish an accurate mineralogical map of England 

 and Wales, on a scale of not less than ten miles to 

 an inch, containing an account of the situation of 

 the different mines therein, and describing the 

 kinds of minerals thence produced ; the gold 

 medal, or fifty guineas. Certificates of the accu- 

 racy of such map, together with the map, to be 

 produced to the Society on or before the first 

 Tuesday in February, 1804. The map to re- 

 main the property of the Society. 



u4'. Mineralogical Map of Ireland. 

 The same premium is offered for a mineralogical 

 map of Ireland on similar conditions. 



95. Mineralogical Map of Scotland. 

 The same premium is offered for a mineralogical 

 map of Scotland on similar conditions. 



96. Natural History. To the author 

 who shall publish, in the year 1802, the natural 

 history of any county in England or Wales ; the 

 gold medal, or fifty guineas. It is required that 

 the several natural productions, whether animal, 

 vegetable, or mineral, peculiar to the county, or 

 found therein, be carefully and specifically ar- 

 ranged and described, in order that the public 

 may be enabled to judge what arts or manufac- 

 tures are most likely to succeed in such county. 

 The work to be delivered to the Society on oc 

 before the last Tuesday in January, 1803. 



PREMIUMS IN POLITE ARTS. 



97. Honorary Premiums for Drawinc, 

 by Nobility. For the best drawing, of any 

 kind, made with water-colours, crayons, chalk, 

 black lead, pen, Indian ink, or bister, by young; 

 gentlemen under the age of twenty-one, sons or 

 grandsons of peers, or peeresses in their own 

 right, of Great Britain or Ireland, to be pro- 

 duced on or before the first Tuesday in March, 

 1803 ; the honorary medal of the Society in 

 gold. 



98. The same in silver for the next in merit. 



99. 100. The sime premiums will be given, oa 



