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II. The Society proposes also to expend the Sum of Eighty 

 Pounds, in various Pecuniary Prizes, and Honorary Medals, in re- 

 warding approved Communications on the subjects hereafter men- 

 tioned, — and likewise on any other Inventions or Improvements 

 which may be submitted to them, — and for Essays or detailed Ac- 

 counts of Public or other undertakings of great National import- 

 ance, not previously published. 



1. For the best series of Experiments applicable to the Useful 



Arts. 



2. For the most important Communication of any useful Inven- 



tion, Process, or Practice from foreign countries, not yet 

 known or adopted in Great Britain. 



3. For an improvement in the methods used in Great Britain for 



Currying and Tawing certain kinds of Leather, so as to ren- 

 der them equal to those done in France. 



4. For the best method of burning Gas for the purpose of illu- 



mination. 



5. For the best means of burning Gas for supplying heat. 

 General Observations. — All communications shall be entitled to 



compete for the Keith Medal which comply M'ith the terms of 

 the announcement of that Prize, although falling under any of the 

 the above specified subjects. 



The descriptions of the various inventions, &c. to he full and dis- 

 tiiict, and, when necessary, accompanied by Specimens^ Drawings, 

 or Models. 



The Society shall be at liberty to publish in their Transactions 

 copies or abstracts of all Papers submitted to them. All Models i 

 Drawings, &c. for which Prizes shall be given, shall be held to be 

 the property of the Society ; and these, and all others which shall 

 be approved of, shall be entitled to a place in the Museum. 



All communications must be written on Foolscap paper, leaving 

 margins at least one inch broad, so as to allow of their being after- 

 wards bound up with others ; and all Drawings must be on Imperial 

 Drawing Paper, unless a larger sheet be requisite. 



All communications to be lodged a^ soon after \st November 1838 

 as possible, in order to insure their being read during the Session ; 

 but those tvhich cannot be lodged so early, will be received till \st 

 March 1839. 



Connnunications to be addressed to the Secretary, at the Mu- 

 seum of the Society of Arts, 63 Hanover Street, Edinburgh. 



JloTAL Institution, Edinburgh, 18t/i July 1838. 



