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NATURE 



[January 3, 1918 



PRIZE AWARDS OF THE PARIS 

 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1917. 



Mathematics. — ^I'he Francoeur prize to Henri Villat, 

 for his work in hydrodynamics; the Bordin prize to 

 Gaston JuUa, for his memoir on the arithmetical theory 

 of non-quadratic forms. 



Mechanics. — ^I'he Montyon prize to Ren^ de Saus- 

 sure; the Poncelet prize to Jules Andrade, for his work 

 in applied mechanics, especially that dealing with 

 chronometry. 



Astronomy. — The Lalande prize to Robert Jonck- 

 heere, for his work on double stars; the Valz prize 

 to Alexandre Schaumasse, for the discovery of the 

 comet 1917b. 



Geography. — The Gay prize to Henri Jumelle, for 

 his books and memoirs on the geographical distribution 

 of plants of economic value; the Tchihatchef founda- 

 tion to Sir Mark Aurel Stein, for his explorations in 

 Central Asia. 



Navigation. — ^The prize of 6000 francs between 

 Camille Tissot (4000 francs), for his studies of methods 

 of protection in navigation, and G. Sugot (2000 

 francs), for his studies in theoretical and practical 

 ballistics; the Plumey prize between Georges Sensener 

 and L. Ballif (2000 francs), for their work entitled 

 " Le Combat A^rien," and Edm6 Bonneau {2000 

 francs), for his instrument designed to indicate at 

 any time to aviators the position of their machine 

 with respect to the vertical. 



Physics. — The Gaston Plants prize to Henri Armag- 

 nat, for his work in the development of the French 

 electrical industry; the Hubert prize to Hyacinthe 

 Guilleminot, for his book entitled " Les nouveaux 

 horizons de la Science"; the H. de Parville prize 

 to Charles de Watteville, for his researches on flame 

 spectra and the structure of flame; the Hughes prize 

 to Am^d^e Guillet, for the whole of his researches in 

 physics. 



Chemistry. — Montyon prize (unhealthy trades) to 

 Marius Picon and Marcel Lantenois (2500 francs), for 

 their work on gas masks for use at the front; 

 honourable mentions to Charles Dufraisse {1500 

 francs), for his chemical researches in connection 

 with the war, and Pierre Sav^s (1000 francs), for his 

 work on protection against asphyxiating gases ; the 

 Jecker prize to Emile Blaise, for the whole of his 

 work in organic chemistry ; the Cahours prize to 

 Adolphe Lepape, for his work on radio-activity and the 

 rare gases from mineral springs ; the Berthelot prize 

 to Gustave Vavon, for his researches on the addition of 

 hydrogen to organic substances with platinum black as 

 the catalyst; the Houzeau prize to (the late) Andr^ 

 S^n^chal, for his work on chromium compounds. 



Mineralogy and Geology.— The Delesse prize to 

 Louis Gentil, for the whol& of his researches in 

 geology and physical f^eography in northern Africa ; 

 the Fontannes prize to Jules-Mathieu Lambert, for his 

 palaBontological work ; the Victor Raulin prize to L^on 

 de Lamothe, for the whole of his geological work ; 

 the Joseph Labb^ prize to Georges Friedel, for his 

 contributions to the geology of the Saint Etienne 

 region ; the James Hall prize to (the late) Jean Boussac, 

 for his thesis entitled " Etudes stratigraphiques sur le 

 Nummulitique alpin." 



Botany. — ^The Desmazi^res prize to Carl Hansen 

 Ostenfeld, for his memoir on the plankton of Danish 

 seas; the Montagne prize to J. Pavillard, for the 

 memoirs entitled " Recherches sur les Diatom6es p^la- 

 giques du Golfe du Lion" and "Recherches sur les 

 P^ridiniens du Golfe du Lion " ; the Jean Thore prize 

 to Mme. Valentine Moreau, for her memoir on the 

 phenomena of sexuality in the Uredineae; the de 



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Coincy prize to Andr6 Guillaumin, for his studies in 

 the Burseracese ; the de Rufz de Lavison prize to 

 Marin Molliard, for his researches in plant physiology. 



Anatomy and Zoology. — The Cuvier prize (in equal 

 parts) between Ph. Dautzenberg and Paul Pelseneer, 

 for their researches on molluscs ; the Savigny prize to 

 R. Jeannel, for his zoological exploration (with Ch. 

 Allaud) in eastern Africa. 



Medicine and Surgery. — Montyon prizes to Hippolyte 

 Morestin (2500 francs), for his autoplastic work on 

 the wounded, Ed. Delorme (2500 francs), for his re- 

 searches relative to decalcification following war 

 wounds, and Auguste Pettit (2500 francs), for his re- 

 searches relating to the mode of action of various 

 micro-organisms on the anatomical elements ; three 

 mentions (1500 francs each) to L6on Imbert and 

 Pierre R^al, for their work on maxillo-facial surgery, 

 to F. Rathery, L. Ambard, P. Vansteenberghe, and 

 R. Michel, for their work entitled "Les fi^vres para- 

 typhoides B k I'hfipital mixte de Zuydcoote de D6cem- 

 bre, 1914, k F^vrier, 1916," and to Giuseppe Favaro, 

 for a work entitled " Richerche intorno al cuore dei 

 vertebrati." The Barbier prize to E. Weill and Georges 

 Mouriquand, for their researches on vitamines ; from 

 the funds of the Bryant prize 2000 francs to Jean 

 Danysz, for his researches on the arsenobenzenes, 

 2000 francs to H. Gougerot, for his researches in 

 dermatology, and 1000 francs to Maurice Courtois- 

 Suflfit and Ren^ Giroux, for their work entitled " Les 

 formes anormales du t^tanos " ; the BelHon prize to 

 Paul Fabre-Domergue, for his work on a practical 

 method of sterilising oysters ; the Baron Larrey prize 

 to P. Chavigny, for his memoir on voluntary mutila- 

 tions by firearms ; honourable mentions to L6on Binet, 

 for his work, "Le guide du m^decin aux tranch^es," 

 and to Andr6 Tournade, for his work, " La pratique de 

 I I'hygifene en campagne." 



Physiology. — ^The Montyon prize to Gabriel Foucher, 

 for his memoir entitled " Etudes biologiques sur quel- 

 ques Orthopt^res " ; the Lallemand prize to J. Tinel, for 

 his work on lesions of the peripheral nerves ; a very 

 honourable mention to Stephen Chauvet, for his 

 memoir, " Infantilisme hvpophvsaire " ; the Pourat 

 prize to Henri Bierry and Albert Ranc, for their work on 

 free and combined glycose in the blood ; the Philipeaux 

 prize to Georges Stodel. 



Statistics. — Montyon prizes to Henri Abraham and 

 Paul Sacerdote (1000 francs), for the " Recueil de con- 

 stantes physiques," and a mention (500 francs) to Jules 

 Delobel, for his researches relating to the protection of 

 infants. 



History and Philosophy of the Sciences. — The Binoux 

 prize to F. Gomes Teixeira, for his " Obras sobre 

 mathematica," and an honourable mention to Albert 

 Bordeaux, for his " Histoire des sciences physiques 

 chimiques et g^ologiques au XIXe si^cle." 



Medals. — The Berthelot medal to Marius Picon and 

 Marcel Lantenois, and to Gustave Vavon. 



General Prizes. — ^The Grand Prize of the Physical 

 Sciences to Emile Roubaud, for his work on patho- 

 genic trypanosomes ; the Serres prize to Jean Eugene 

 Bataillon, for his work on experimental embryogeny ; 

 the Petit d'Ormoy prize (pure or applied mathematics) 

 to Pierre Duhem, for the whole of his work, and 

 especially for his memoir entitled " Le Systeme du 

 monde : Histoire des doctrines cosmologiques de Platon 

 k Copernic " ; the Petit d'Ormoy prize (natural sciences) 

 to (the late) Henry Dufet, for his work in crystallo- 

 graphy; the Saintour prize to Henri Lebesgue, for his 

 studies on the principles of the infinitesimal calculus ; 

 the Henri de Parville prize between Charles de la 

 Vall^ Poussin (2000 francs), for his mathematical 

 works, D. Bois (1000 francs), for his works dealing 



