IT ADVERTISEMENT. 



In the Month of May 1796, the Society, in order the more 

 cffcttually to afifwer the ends of their injiitution, agreed 

 to appropriate, annually, a part of their funds to be dif- 

 fofed of in Premimns to the Authors of the befl per- 

 formances, inventions, or improvements, relative to cer- 

 tain fpecifc fubjedls of tfeful knowledge. The following 

 premiums ivere thereupon propofed: 



I. 



For the beft fyftem of liberal education and literary 

 infl:ru£lion, adapted to the genius of the government, and 

 beft calculated to promote the general welfare, of the 

 United States ', comprehending alfo a plan for inftituting 

 and conducing public fchools, in this country, on prin- 

 ciples of the mofh extenfive utility -A premium of one 



hundred dollars. 



Papers on this fubjed: will be received, till the firft day 

 of January, 1797. 



ir. 



For the moft fimple, eafy and expeditious method of 

 computing the longitude, from the common lunar obfer- 

 vation, A premium of feventy dollars. 



The particular view of the fociety, in propofmg this 

 fubjedl, is, that the folution of this moft ufeful problem 

 may, if poflible, be rendered fo plain and eafy, as to be 

 readily learned by every mariner, even of moderate capa- 

 city, who underftands the common rules of arithmetic ; 

 and thus be introduced into general pradlice. 



Papers on this fubjed: will be received, till the firft day 

 of January, 1797. 



III. 

 For the beft conftru6tion or improvement of fhip- 



pumps, A premium of feventy dollars. 



Improvements 



