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 X. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



ROYAL MEDALS TO BE AWARDED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE 

 ROYAL SOCIETY, FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND 

 INVESTIGATIONS IN SCIENCE, IN THE YEARS 1836 AND 1837. 



TN order to perform our part in giving publicity to the determi- 

 -■- nations and intentions of the Councilor the Royal Society with 

 respect to the Royal Medals, we extract the following notice from 

 the second part of the Philosophical Transactions for 1834, which 

 has just appeared, 



" Royal Medals.— Uk Majesty King William the Fourth, in re- 

 storing the Fountlation of the Royal Medals, graciously commanded 

 a letter, of which the following is an extract, to be addressed to the 

 Royal Society, through His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, 

 K.G., President : 



« * Windsor Castle, March 25, 1833. 

 " * It is His Majesty's wish, — 



'' * First, That the Two Gold Medals, value of Fifty Guineas, 

 shall henceforth be awarded on the day of the Anniversary Meet- 

 ing of the Royal Society, on each ensuing year, for the most im- 

 portant discoveries in any one principal subject or branch of 

 knowledge. 



" * Secondly, That the subject matter of inquiry shall be pre- 

 viously settled and propounded by the Council of the Royal So- 

 ciety, three years preceding the day of such award. 



" ' Thirdly, That literary men of all nations shall be invited to 

 afford the aid of their talents and research : and, 



** * Fourthly, That for the ensuing three successive years, the 

 said Two Medals shall be awarded to such important discoveries, 

 or series of investigations, as shall be sufficiently established, or 

 completed to the satisfaction of the Council, within the last five 

 years of the days of award, for the years 1834 and 1835, including 

 the present year, and for which the author shall not have pre- 

 viously received an honorary reward." ' 



" (Signed) ' H. Taylor.' 



" The Council propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the 

 year 1836, to the most important unpublished paper in astronomy, 

 communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Trans- 

 actions, after the present date and prior to the month of June in 

 the year 1836. 



" The Council also propose to give one of the Royal Medals in 

 the year 1836 to the most important unpublished paper in Animal 

 Physiology, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their 

 Transactions, after the present date and prior to the month of June 

 in the year 1836. 



" The Royal Medals for the year 1833 were awarded to Sir John 

 Frederick William Herschel, K.H., F.R.S., for his paper on the 

 Investigation of the Orbits of Revolving Double Stars ; and to Pro- 

 fessor Augusto Pyramc Dc CandoMc, of Geneva/ Foreign Member 



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