ADJUDICATION of the MEDALS of the ROYAL SOCIETY for the year 1888, 



by the PRESIDENT and COUNCIL. 



The COPLEY MEDAL to Professor THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY, F.R.S., for his Investiga- 

 tions on the Morphology and Histology of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Animals, and 

 for his services to Biological Science in general during many past years. 



The RUMFORD MEDAL to Professor PIETRO TAOCHINI for important and long- 

 continued Investigations, which have largely advanced our knowledge of the Physics 

 of the Sun. 



A ROYAL MEDAL to Baron FERDINAND VON MUELLER, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., for his 

 long services in Australian Exploration, and for his Investigations of the Flora of the 

 Australian Continent. 



A ROYAL MEDAL to Professor OSBORNE REYNOLDS, F.R.S., for his Investigations in 

 Mathematical and Experimental Physics, and on the Application of Scientific Theory 

 to Engineering. 



The DAVY MEDAL to WILLIAM CROOKES, F.R.S., for his Investigations on the 

 Behaviour of Substances under the Influences of the Electric Discharge in a High 

 Vacuum. 



The Bakerian Lecture, " Suggestions on the Classification of the various Species of 

 Heavenly Bodies," was delivered by J. NORMAN LOCKYER, F.R.S. 



The Croonian Lecture, " On the Origin and the Causation of Vital Movement (Ueber 

 die Entstohung der vitalen Bewegung)," was delivered by Professor W. KIIIM . 



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