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successful essay or a copy of it shall remain in possession of the 

 College; other essays will be returned on application within three 

 months after the award. Further information may be obtained on 

 application to Thomas R. Neilson, M.D., sec'y, 19 S. 22d St., Phila- 

 delphia. 



Grants. At the recent meeting of the British Assoc. for the 

 Adv. of Science, at Birmingham, grants in aid of scientific research 

 amounting to about $6,000 were made. The grants of special in- 

 terest to biochemists are the following: Chemistry — Dr. W. H. 

 Perkin, study of hydroaromatic substances, £15; Prof. H. E. Arm- 

 strong, dynamic isomerism, £25 ; Prof. F. S. Kipping, transforma- 

 tion of aromatic nitroamins, £15; A. D. Hall, plant enzymes, £25; 

 Prof. W. J. Pope, correlation of the crystalline form with molecular 

 structure, £25; Prof. H. E. Armstrong, solubility phenomena, £15. 

 — Physiology: Prof. E. A. Schäfer, the ductless glands, £35; 

 Prof. A. D. Waller, anesthetics, £20; Prof. /. S. Macdonald, calori- 

 metric observations, £40; Prof. C. S. Sherrington, mammalian 

 heart, £30. 



The Commit. of the Paris Acad. of Sciences, appointed to con- 

 sider the distribution of the Bonaparte research fund, has made the 

 following recommendations, among others, for 1913: R. Coquide, 

 2,000 francs, to assist him in his study of the turf lands of the north 

 of France from the agricultural point of view; Paul Becquerel, 

 2,000 francs, for the continuation of his researches on the influence 

 of radioactive substances on the nutrition, reproduction, and Varia- 

 tion of some plant species ; M. Lormand, 2,000 francs, for the pur- 

 chase of a sufficient quantity of radium bromid for methodical re- 

 searches on the influence of radioactivity on the development of 

 plants. 



Endowment funds. Foreign. Ernest Solvay, the discoverer 

 of a process for the manufacture of soda, celebrated the fiftieth an- 

 niversary of that discovery on Sept. 2 at Brüssels by giving more 

 than $1,000,000 to educational and charitable institutions and the 

 employees of his firm. The Universities of Paris and Nancy each 

 received $100,000. — Dr. Gavin P. Tennent, of Glasgow, has be- 

 queathed £25,000 to the Univ. of Glasgow, to be applied for such 



