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AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



•CoJiditions of the Magellanic Premium. 



M. JOHN HYACINTH DE MAGELLAN, 



of London, having some time ago offered, as a donation, 

 to the American Philosophical Society, held at Phila- 

 delphia, for promoting useful knowledge, the sum of 

 two hundred guineas, to be by them vested in a secure 

 and permanent fund, to the end that the interest arising 

 therefrom should be annually disposed of in premiums, 

 to be adjudged, by the Society, to the author of the best 

 discovery, or most useful invention, relating to naviga- 

 tion, astronomy, or natural philosophy (mere natural 

 history only excepted), and the Society having accepted 

 of the above donation, hereby publish the conditions, 

 prescribed by the donor, and agreed to by the Society, 

 upon which the said annual premiums will be awarded. 



1. The candidate shall send his discovery, invention, 

 or improvement, addressed to the President, or one of 

 the Vice-Presidents of the Society*, free of postage or 

 other charges ; and shall distinguish his performance by 

 some motto, device, or other signature, at his pleasure. 

 Together with his discovery, invention, or improvement, 

 he sliall also send a sealed letter, containing the same 

 motto, device, or signature, and subscribed with the 

 real name and place of residence of the author. 



• Thomas Jefferson is President of the Society, and Robert Pat- 

 terson, Caspar Wistar, and B. S. Barton, Vice-Presidents.— —PhU 

 iadelphia. 



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