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Bands for Coal mines, Bands, flat and round for Machinery, — Varnishes,— 

 Faint for Outside-work, &c. &c., — selected in London, by Mr James Dowie, 

 boot and shoemiiker, 57 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, IM.S.A. — Thanks voted. 

 5. The Anemometer, invented by Mr R- Adie of Liverpool, whereby the 

 most minute Changes in the Force or Velocity of the Wind, or current of 

 Air, may be measured, — for which the SUver Medal was awarded in 1836, — 

 — was exhibited through the kindness of Robert Stevenson, Esq. — After some 

 interesting tbservations on the subject of Anemometers, the thanks of the 

 Society were voted to Mr Stevenson. 



. 6. The List of Prizes offered by the Society for the current Session 1837-38, 

 was distributed. 



7. The Models, Drawings, &c. of Inventions, &c. (Session 1836-37) for 

 which Prizes have been awarded, were exhibited. 



8. The Report of the Prize Committee awarding the Prizes for Session 

 1836-37 was read, and the Prizes were delivered to the successful Candi- 

 dates as follows: — 



1. To Mr James Milne, brassfounder, Edinburgh, C.S.A., for his ilodel. 

 Drawings, and Description, of a New Method of communicating Motion to a 

 Shaft lying at an Angle, — read and exhibited 16th April 1837, — the Society's 

 Honorary Silver Medal. 



2. To George William Hay, Esq., 2 Duncan Street, Newington, Edin- 

 burgh, for his Model and Description of an Improved Turnip Cutter, — read 

 and exhibited 23d November 1830, — the Society's Honorary Silver Medal. 



3. To Mr James Gall junior, printer, Edinburgh, M.S.A., for his Speci- 

 mens of Printing on both sides of the Paper for the Use of the Blind, with 

 remarks on its advantages, &c., — read and exhibited 10th May 1837, — the 

 Society's Honorary Silver Medal. 



4. To Mr J. B. Mould, engraver, Edinburgh, M.S.A., for his Tuning 

 Fork, with a Sijale engraved on it, so that any note may be struck at plea- 

 sure, — exhibited 10th May 1837, — the Society's Honorary Silver Medal- 



5. To William Galbraith, Esq., teacher of mathematics, Edinburgh, 

 M.S.A., for his Paper on the Erroneous Geographical Position of several 

 Points in the Firth of Clyde, — read 7th December 1 836 ; which tended ma- 

 terially to expedite the order for the resumption of the Trigonometrical Sur- 

 vey of Scotland, — the Society's Gold Medal, value Ten Sovereigns. 



0. To Mrs Brydie, teacher in the Academy at Dollar, for her Specimens of 

 Flowers modelled in Wax, — exhibited 1 2th April 1837, — the Society's Silver 

 Medal, value Eight Sovereigns. 



7. To Mr Andrew Monro, shipowner, Limekilns, for his Model and De- 

 scription of a Machine intended to be used as a ship's Windlass, — read and 

 exhibited 15lh February 1837, — the Society's Silver Medal, value Five So- 

 vereigns. 



8. To Mr Robert Wilson, engineer, Paul's Work, Edinburgh, for his Mo- 

 del and Description of an Improvement on the Common Vice and Vice-Chuck, 

 —read and exhibited 15th February 1837,— the Society's Silver Medal, value 

 Five Sovereigns. 



9 To Mr James Young, chemical assistant in the Andersonian University, 

 Glasgow, for his Account of a New Voltaic Battery, being a modification of 



