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their authors may, in the mean time, think fit to with-: 

 draw. And the Society shall, annually, publish an ab-, 

 stiact of the titles, object, or subject-matter of the com- 

 munications so under consideration ; such only excepted, 

 as the Society shall think not worthy of public notice. 



10. The letters containing the names of authors whose 

 performances shall be rejecifd, or which shall be found 

 unsuccessful after a trial of five years, shall be burnt be. 

 fore the Society, without breaking the seals. 



11. In case there should be a failure, in any year, of 

 any communication worthy of the proposed premium, 

 there will then be two premiums to be awarded in the 

 next year. But no accumulation of premiums shall 

 entitle an author to more than one premium, for any one 

 discotery, invention, or improvement. 



12. The premium shall consist of an oval plate of solid 

 standard gold, of the value of ten guineas : on one side 

 thereof shall be neatly engraved a short Latin motto, 

 suited to the occasion, together with the words, The 

 premium of John Hyacinth de Magellan, of London, 

 established in the year 1786. And on the other side of 

 the plate shall be engraved these words : Awarded by 

 the A. P. S. , for the discovery of , A. D. . 



And the seal of the Society shall be annexed to the 

 medal, by a ribbon passing through a small hole at the 

 lower edge thereof. 



