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wheels, during the motion of the Vessel, so as to adapt them to 

 change in the load and draft of water ;" exhibited 30th May 



1838 (524.) Altliough the Society do not hold any of the 



competing Papers on this subject as altogether attaining the ob- 

 ject proposed in offering the Prize, or that they would be justi- 

 fied in recommending any of the proposed Plans to be adopted 

 in practice ; yet the Committee have awarded a Prize to Mr 

 Wilson for his ingenious Model, and as a reward for the mecha- 

 nical contrivance it displays. 



The Society's Silver Medal, value Five Sovereigns. 



5. To Mr John T. Rose, 1 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, for 



the ingenuity displayed in his communication on the same sub- 

 ject; — read 30th May 1838; and to encourage him to persevere 

 in mechanical pursuits. (538.) 



The Society's Honorary Silver Medal. 



6. To Mr Robert Mudie, late of 14 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, 



now in Australia, for the ingenuity and attention to the subject 

 displayed by him in his Drawing and Description sent in com- 

 petition for the Prize offered fur " a convenient mode of filling 

 the Boilers of Steam-Vessels with water, while the Vessel is at 

 rest, so as to remove a frequent cause of explosion;" — read and 

 exhibited 11 th April 1838. (509.) 



The Society's Honorary Silver Medal. 



7. To Mr John T. Rose, 1 Prince Regent Street, North Leith, for 



the ingenuity displayed by him in a communication on the same 

 siibject, of which the Drawing and Description were read and ex- 

 hibited nth April 1838. (537.) 

 The Society's Honorary Silver Medal. 



jV. B. With regard to these two Plans, the Report of the 

 Committee to whom they were remitted states, " Mr Mu- 

 die's appears fully the better, but both are so complicated, 

 that your Committee cannot recommend them for adop- 

 tion ; at the same time, they think that the ingenuity and 

 attention to the subject displayed by these gentlemen (both 

 young men) is deserving of the favourable consideration of 

 the Society." 



8. To William Alexander, Esq. W. S., M. S. A., Edinburgh, 



for his ingenious Model and Description of his Electro- Magnetic 

 Telegraph ; — read and exhibited 15th November 1837- (489). 

 The Society's Honorary Silver Medal. 



The Committee have awarded an Honorary Medal to Mr 

 Alexander for the ingenuity displayed in the construction 

 of the Working Model of the Telegraph exhibited by him 

 and for being the first person who, in Scotland, brought for- 

 ward the subject in a tangible form. 



