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NATURE 



[January 15, 1920 



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PRIZE AWARDS OF THE PARIS 

 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



1 the annual public meeting on December 22, 

 M. L6on Guignard in the chair, the prizes 

 awarded in 1919 were announced as follows : — 



Mathematics. — The Bordin prize to Salomon Lef- 

 schetz; the Francoeur prize to Georges Giraud, for 

 his work on automorph functions. 



Mechanics. — The Montyon prize to Albert Herdncr, 

 for his work on the construction and working of 

 locomotives; the Poncelet prize to Gen. Prosper 

 Charbonnier, for the whole of his work on ballistics. 



Astronomy. — The Lalande prize to Vesto Melvin 

 Slipher, for his work at the Lowell Observatory, 

 especially his researches on nebulae and star clusters ; 

 the Benjamin Valz prize to F(§lix Boquet, for his 

 work at the Paris Observatory ; the G. de Ponte- 

 coulant prize to .Arthur Stanley Eddington, for his 

 studies of stellar movements. 



Geography. — The Gay prize to Rent^ Chudeau, for 

 his explorations in Western Africa ; the Tchihatchef 

 prize to E. C. .Abendanon, for his book entitled "Ex- 

 pedition de la Celebes centrale." 



Navigation. — The prize of 6000 francs between Yves 

 Le Prieur and Georges Sugot; the Plumey prize 

 between Georges Raclot (1500 francs), for his experi- 

 mental researches on the longitudinal flexure of ships, 

 Maurice Poincet (1500 francs), for his theoretical and 

 experimental researches on the blades of steam tur- 

 bines, and Alfred Schwartz (1000 francs), for his work 

 as a whole. 



Physics. — The Kastner-Boursault prize to Marius 

 Latour, for his researches on electric motors ; the 

 Gaston Plants prize to Emile Brylinski, for his work 

 in applied electricity; the Hubert prize to Raymond 

 Jouaust, for his work on magnetism, electrical 

 standards, photometry, and wireless telegraphy; the 

 De Parville prize to Louis D(Scombe, for his work in 

 various branches of physics ; the Hughes prize to 

 Henri Chaumat, for his work on the industrial produc- 

 tion of ozone, the electrolytic reduction of indigo and 

 other dyes, and other work in electrotechnics ; the 

 Pierson-Perrin prize to Georges Sagnac, for his work 

 on the secondary X-rays, interference, and other 

 optical phenomena ; the CMment Fi^lix foundation to 

 Charles F^ry, to enable him to continue his experi- 

 ments on the production of a small dry accumulator. 



Chemistry. — ^The Montyon prize (Unhealthy Trades) 

 to Georges Rivat (2500 francs), for his work on the 

 analysis and absorption of asphyxiating gases ; an 

 honourable mention to .'\rnold Lassieur {1500 francs), 

 for his contribution to the identification of the sub- 

 stances contained in the German poison shells; an 

 honourable mention (1000 francs) to Cyrille Toussaint, 

 for his chemical studies connected with the war; the 

 Jecker prize between Ernest Fourneau (5000 francs), 

 for his services relating to the synthetical preparation 

 of medicinal organic compounds, Louis Maillard (2500 

 francs), for the whole of his work in organic chemistr\', 

 and Marcel Sommelet (2500 francs), for his researches 

 on the ether oxides, the homologues of benzvl chloride, 

 alcohols, and aldehydes ; the Cahours foundation 

 divided equally between Georges Mignonac and Marcel 

 Murat, for their work in organic chemistrv; the 

 Houzeau prize to Ren^ Locquin, for similar researches. 



Mineralogy and Geology. — The Delesse prize to 

 Fr^d^ric Roman, for his geologfical and palaeonto- 

 logical work ; the Victor Roulin prize to L^once 

 Joleaud, for the whole of his work ; the Joseph Labb^ 

 prize to Pierre Pruvost, for his studies on the Coal 

 Measures of Northern France. 



Botany. — The Montagne prize between Fernand 

 Moreau (1000 francs) and Gabriel .Arnaud (500 francs); 

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the Jean Thore prize to Auguste Sartory, for his pub- 

 lications on cryptogamic botany; the De Coincy prize 

 to C. Houard, for his work on the cecidology of Euro- 

 pean Phanerogams; the Jean de Rufz de Lavison 

 prize to Raoul Combes, for his researches on the 

 absorption of glucosides by plants and on plant pig- 

 ments. 



.Anatomy and Zoology. — The Cuvier prize to J. Jolly, 

 for his work in histolopni- ; the Savigny prize to Louis 

 Boutan, for his botanical and zoological studies in 

 the Red Sea and Indo-China. 



Medicine and Surgery. — Montyon prizes to Michel 

 Weinberg and Pierre Seguin (2500 francs), for their 

 memoir on gas gangrene ; Louis Martin and Auguste 

 Pettit (2500 francs), for their memoir on ictero- 

 hffimorrhagic spirochetosis; Henri Rouvillois, Guil- 

 laume Louis, Albert Pedeprade, and .Antoine Basset 

 (2500 francs), for their studies on war surgery. Honour- 

 able mentions (1500 francs) to Jean Fiolle and Jean 

 Delmas, for their book on the discovery of the deeper 

 vessels; to .Alfred Boquet and L. Nfegre, for their 

 work on epizootic lymphangitis; and to H. Gougerot, 

 for his work relating to venereal diseases. The Barbier 

 prize to .Albert Goris, for his work on the localisaticn 

 of glucosides in plants and on the preparation of 

 catgut for surgical purposes ; the Bri'^ant prize (arrears) 

 to Paul Ravaut (3000 francs), for his researches on 

 malaria, and to Lucien Camus (2000 francs), for his 

 researches on infection and vaccinal immunitv; the 

 Godard prize to Albert Pezard, for his researches on 

 the genital glands ; the Chaussier prize between .Albert 

 Dustin (3000 francs), for his studies relating to neuro- 

 logy, embryology, and histology. Marcel Frois and 

 Barthelemy Caubet (3000 francs), for a memoir on 

 fatigue in industrial work, .Adrien Grigaut (3000 

 francs), for his memoir on new chemical methods in 

 pathology and their results, and Hector Marichefle 

 (1000 francs), for his researches on the mode of pro- 

 duction of speech sounds ; the Mege prize (encourage- 

 ment of 300 francs) to Jules Glover ; the Bellion prize 

 to the late Georges Demeny, for the whole of his 

 work, and a very honourable mention to Humbert 

 Boucher; the Baron Larrey prize to Camille Lian, for 

 his memoir on the cardiac troubles of soldiers ; the 

 .Argut prize to Robert Pierret, and a citation to Victor 

 Raymond and Jacques Parisot, for their memoir on 

 trench-foot. 



Physiology. — The Montyon prize to Robert L^vy, for 

 his work on the toxins of genital products of certain 

 animals ; the Lallemand prize to L^on Binet, for his 

 monograph on trembling, and a very honourable cita- 

 tion to E. Couvreur and E. Duroux, for their work 

 on nerve-lesions, and to .Andr^ L^ri, for his memoir 

 on war-shock and emotions ; the Philipeaux prize to 

 Mme. Lucie Randoin-Fandard, for her researches on 

 blood-sugar; the Fannv Emden prize to L^on 

 Chevreuil, for his memoir on existence after death. 



Statistics. — ^The Montyon prize to Arthur Chervin, 

 for his book on Germany of to-morrow. 



History and Philosophy of the Sciences. — ^The 

 Binoux prize to the late Ren6 Larger, for his pub- 

 lications on the extinction of species by degenerescence 

 and the theorv of counter-evolution or degenerescence 

 by oathological heredity. 



Medals. — ^The Berthelot medal to Georges Rivat, 

 Louis Maillard, Marcel Sommelet, and Ren^ Locquin. 



General Prizes. — Grand prize of the phvsical sciences 

 to Louis Roule, for his researches on the migrations 

 of fishes; Petit d'Ormoy prize to Henri Lebesgue, 

 for his mathematical works ; the Estrade Delcros prize 

 to H. Perrier de la Bathie, for his scientific work in 

 Madagfascar; the J. J. Berger prize between Paul 

 Tuillerat and Emile G^rards ; the Saintour prize to 

 Eugene Pagdzy, for his anti-aircraft work; the H. de 



