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NATURE 



[December 29, 192 i 



** Laennec before 1806 " and " Laennec after 

 1806." 



Medals. — The Arago medal to Auguste Pavie, for 

 the eminent services which he has rendered to science 

 <'ind to France bv his explorations in Indo-China. 



General Prizes. — Prize founded by the State : Grand 

 prize of the physical sciences. No memoir was re- 

 ceived on the subject set, but two honourable men- 

 tions (1500 francs each) are awarded to Paul Honore 

 Fritel, for his works on the palasobotany of the Paris 

 Tertiary, and to Pierre Marty, for his researches on 

 the fossil flora of the Cantal. The Petit d'Ormoy 

 prize (pure and applied mathematics) to the late 

 (ieorge Humbert, for his work as a whole; the Petit 

 d'Ormoy prize (natural science) to Marcellin Boule, 

 for the whole of his work in palaeontology ; the Le 

 Conte prize to Georges Claude, for his numerous in- 

 ventions and applications of science to industry ; the 

 Jean Reynaud prize to the late Yves Delage, for the 

 whole of his scientific work; the Baron Joest prize 

 to Jacques Duclaux, for his researches and memoirs 

 on colloids; the Parkin prize to Fernand de Muntessus 

 de Ballore, for his work in seismology ; the Saintour 

 prize to Pierre Boutroux, for his work in mathematics 

 and the history and philosophy of science ; the Henri 

 •de Parville prize to Camille Martinot Lagarde, for his 

 publications on aviation motors ; the Lonchampt prize 

 to Augustin Damiens, for his researches on the 

 bromine existing normally in animal tissues ; the 

 Wilde prize to Ferdinand Canu, for his study of the 

 fossil bryo/oa ; the Gustave Roux prize to Louis Eble, 

 for his meteorological work ; the Thorlet prize to 

 Adolphe Richard, for his work in bibliography. 



Special Foundations. — The Lannelongue foundation 

 (accumulated interest) between Mmes. Cuscoand Riick. 

 The Laplace prize to Pierre Rene Ricard and Jean 

 Louis Joseph Edmond Berthelot ; the L. E. Rivot 

 prize to Pierre Rene Ricard (750 francs), Jean Louis 

 Joseph Edmond Berthelot (750 francs), Michel Ray- 

 mond Hippolyte Clovis Duhameaux (500 francs), 

 Pierre Jules Lion (500 francs), Jean Pierre Paul 

 Chapouthier (750 francs), Jean Gustave Marie de Seze 

 (750 francs), Jean Emile Lecoannet (500 francs), and 

 Gaston Albert Oudotte (500 francs). 



The Tremont prize (1000 francs) to Louis P. Clerc, 

 for his work entitled "The Applications of Aerial 

 Photography"; the Gegner foundation (arrears of 

 interest) to Ernest Lebon ; the Henri Becquerel prize 

 to Camille Flammarion, for the whole of his work; 

 the Charles Bouchard foundation to Maxime M<^nard, 

 for his work in radiography. 



The Bonaparte Foundation.- — The committee has 

 examined twelve applications for grants from this 

 fund and recommend the following : — (i) 2000 francs 

 to Fernand Blanchet, for his researches on the detailed 

 geological structure of the Escreins massif (High 

 Alps) ; (2) 10,000 francs to the Federation frangaise 

 des Societes des Sciences naturelles, as a contribution 

 to the publication of the " Faune de France." 



The Loutreuil Foundation. — (i) Grants to establish- 

 ments mentioned bv the founder : — 



National Museum of Natural History. — 6000 francs 

 to Paul Lemoine, for geological researches on the 

 Paris basin. 2000 francs to Ferdinand Le Cerf, to 

 assist him in pursuing his researches on the /Ege- 

 riidas by the study of the collections in England. 



National V'eterinary School at Lyons. — 2000 francs to 

 this establishment for completing the grant made in 

 iqiS for the purchase and installation of a kihemato- 

 graph for teaching purposes. 2000 francs to Francois 

 Maignon, for his researches on opotherapy and avita 

 minosis. 1500 francs to Armand Porcherel, for his 

 studies on mules. 



National Veterinary .School of Toulouse. — 3000 francs 

 to Jean Sendrail, Andre Martin, and Robert Lasserre, 

 for their researches on various parasites of the Tou- 

 louse region and the diseases caused by them. 1500 

 francs to Charles Hervieux, for his studies on the 

 transformation of chlorophyll in animals, 



(2) Grant accorded to establishments called to the 

 committee of the foundation by the President of the 

 Institute : — 



Conservatoire national des Arts et Mf^tiers. — 3000 

 francs to Leon Guillet, for an installation for the 

 studv of magnetism and the examination of metal 

 fractures. 



(3) Grants made on direct application : — 



6000 francs to Louis Bazy, for his researches on 

 the application to surgery of the data acquired in 

 general bacteriology. 



2000 francs to Louis Bedel, for the study of the 

 fauna of the Seine basin. 



5000 francs to the Societe des Amis du Laboratoire 

 des Essais mechaniques et metallurgiques de Grenoble, 

 to contribute to the organisation of a laboratory. 



3000 francs to the Journal des Observateurs. 



2500 francs to Jean Charcot, for the purchase of 

 instruments to be placed on ships in the Navy in 

 view of oceanographic researches. 



5000 francs to Henri Deslandres. for his studies on 

 the ionisation of the air. 



6000 francs to the Ecole superieure d'Aeronautique 

 et de Construction mechanique, for the purchase of a 

 Le Chatelier apparatus required for the micrographic 

 studv of metals. 



10,000 francs to the Federation frangaise des 

 Societes des Sciences naturelles, for the publication of 

 the "Faune de France." 



8000 francs to the Institut agricole de Beauvais, to 

 develop agricultural experiments. 



4000 francs to the Institut industriel du nord de 

 la France, to improve the scientific equipment of this 

 establishment. 



3000 francs to Armand Lambert, for the revision of 

 the calculations of the catalogue of fundamental stars. 



10,000 francs to the Observatory of Ksara, to en- 

 able it to resume its normal working. 



5000 francs to the Soci^t^ de Geographie, for the 

 publication of various maps. 



15,000 francs to the Acad^mie des Sciences, for 

 printing the catalogue of the inventory of the scientific 

 periodicals of Paris. 



Anthropology at the British Asiociation. 



OECTION H (Anthropology) met under the presi- 

 ^ dencv of the Right Hon. Lord Abercromby, Sir 

 James Frazer, who had been announced to preside, 

 finding himself unable to attend the meeting. Owing 

 to the late date of Lord Abercromby 's acceptance of 

 office he had had no opportunitv to prepare an address, 

 and the sectional programme consequentlv lacked this 

 important item, uf>on which the success of the sectional 



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proceedings largely depends. Notwithstanding this un- 

 fortunate omission, a full and interesting programme 

 attracted good audiences and gave rise to much valu- 

 able discussion. 



Of the three organised discussions included in the 

 programme reference has alreadv been made in these 

 columns to two, namelv. Sir Richard Temple's appeal 

 for an Imperial School of Applied Anthropology and 



