PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. XXE 
And that difcovery, invention or improvement which fhall 
be found to have the greateft number of concurring votes 
(being not lefs than feven) in its favour, fhall be fuccefs- 
ful. Whereupon a certificate in writing fhall be forthwith 
drawn of this adjudication, and figned by thofe who voted. 
for the crowned fubjet: And then, and not till then, the 
fealed: letter accompanying the crowned. performance, fhall 
be opened and-the name of the author announced ; which 
certificate fhall be prefented to the Society at their next 
ftated' meeting, and delivered to the Secretary to be enter- 
ed on record, in a bound book provided for this purpofe. 
8. A full account of the crowned fubje& fhall be pub- 
lifhed by the Society as foon as may be, after the adjudica= 
tion, either in a feparate publication, or in the next fucceed— 
ing volume of their TranfaGions, or in both. 
g. The unfuccefsful performances. fhall lie over for con= 
fideration, and remain, as candidates for the premium, for- 
jive fucceeding years next after their prefentment ; unlefs 
the author or authors fhall think fit to withdraw them or 
any of them: And the Society fhall publifh annually an 
abftract of the titles, objet or fubjeQ matter of the com-= 
munications fo under confideration, fuch only excepted as. 
the counfellors and other officers fhall, by vote as aforefaid,, 
have determined not worthy of public notice. 
to. No counfellor or officer who is a candidate fhall fit 
in judgment, or give his. vote. 
11. The letters containing the names of authors whofe 
performances fhall be rejected, or fhall be found unfuc- 
cefsful after a trial of five years, fhall be burnt without 
breaking the feals. 
12. In cafe there fhould be a failure, in any year, of 
any communication worthy of the propofed premium,, 
there will then be two premiums awarded in the next 
year. But no accumulation of premiums {hall entitle an 
author to more than one premium for any one difcovery, 
invention or improvement. 
13. The 
