Magellanic Premium 



FOUNDED IN 1 7^6, BY 



JOHN HYACINTH DE MAGELLAN, 

 OF London. 



18Q7. 

 The American Philosophical Society, 



Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 



ANNOUNCES THAT IN 



DECEMBER, 1897, 



IT WILL AWARD ITS 



MAGELLANIC GOLD MEDAL 



to the author of the best discovery, or most useful invention, relating to Navi- 

 gation, Astronomy, or Natural Philosophy (mere natural history 

 only excepted) under the following conditions : 



1. The candidate shall, on or before November i, 1897, deliver, free 

 of postage or other charges, his discovery, invention or improvement, 

 addressed to the President of the American Philosophical Society, No. 

 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, U. S. A., and shall distinguish his 

 performance by some motto, device, or other signature. With his dis- 

 covery, invention, or improvement, he shall also send a sealed letter 

 contaming the same motto, device, or signature, and subscribed with the 

 real name and place of residence of the author. 



2. Persons of any nation, sect or denomination whatever, shall be 

 admitted as candidates for this premium. 



3. No discovery, invention or improvement shall be entitled to this 

 premium, which hath been already published, or for which the author 

 hith been publicly rewarded elsewhere. 



4. The candidate shall communicate his discovery, invention or im- 

 provement, either in the English, French, German, or Latin language. 



5. A full account of the crowned subject shall be published by the 

 Society, as soon as may be after the adjudication, either in a separate 

 publication, or in the next succeeding volume of their Transactions, or 

 in both. 



6. The premium shall consist of an oval plate of solid standard gold 

 of the value often guineas, suitably inscribed, with the seal of the Society 

 annexed to the medal by a ribbon. 



All correspondence in relation hereto should be addressed 

 To THE Secretaries of the 



American Philosophical Society, 



No. 104 South Fifth Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. 



