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short, in a robe. Leg. CHARLES . HERMITE . DE . L'ACADEMIE . 

 DES . SCIENCES. On truncation, j. c. CHAPLAIN. 

 Rev. Spaced on the field, partly encircled by a myrtle branch, 

 the stem tied with ribbon A CHARLES . HEKMITE M B = E DE . 

 L'INSTITUT PROFESSEUR . D'ALGEBRE SUPERIEURE A . LA . FACULTE . 

 DES . SCIENCES SES ELEVES . SES . ADMIRATEURS SES . AMIS EN . 



SOUVENIR DE SON . 70*L E ANNTVERSAIRE 24 . DECEMBRE . 1892. 



SOUSCRIPTION INTERNATIONALE. 2'38 X 1/75. JE. 



41. Him, Gustave Adolphe. Medal, rectangular, struck in 



1890, as a tribute of admiration for M. Hirn and his labours. 

 Bust of Hirn, r., hair long, in coat, collar, and cravat. 

 Upper leg. GVSTAVE . ADOLPHE . HIRN. Lower leg. SES . 



COA1PATRIOTES . SES . AMIS . SES . ADMIRATEVRS. Behind, NE" 

 AV . LOGELBACH . XXE . AOVT . MD.CCC.XV. Below, . ROTY 

 MDCCCLXXXIX. 



Rev. Science, seated, r., watches the names of a fire burning 

 upon an antique and raised altar, symbolical of thermo- 

 dynamics. Her hair, with bandeau, gathered into a knot 

 behind ; she is clad in loose drapery, which leaves the arms 

 bare ; in left hand a scroll. At her feet an oak .garland and a 

 portfolio, whilst a balance recalls the applications of M. Hirn's 

 researches on vapour. Behind her rise branches of laurel, 

 among which the inscription SCIENTIA, on a band. In the 

 distance the profile of the mountains of Logelbach with the 

 ruins of the " Trois- Chateaux d'Eguisheim ; " in the sky are 

 stars, and Saturn. Leg. On a panel in the right hand corner, 



AM1CVS . PLATO SED . MAGIS . AMICA VERITAS. Below, 0. ROTY. 



2-42 x 1-8. JE. 

 M. Hirn died Jan. 14, 1890, just before the issue of this medal. 



Howard, John, F.R.S. See London, Statistical Society. 



42. Hume, Joseph, F.R.S. Bust of Hume, 7., almost facing, hair 



short, in coat, collar, and cravat. Leg. Jos. HUME ESQ. M.P. 

 F.R.S. Below, T.H. F. 



Rev. A wreath of oak leaves above, underneath which inscrip- 

 tion, OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, THE VIRTUOUS AND 

 ENLIGHTENED FRIEND : OF JUSTICE AND NATIONAL INTEGRITY, 

 THE IMPARTIAL AND UNDAUNTED DEFENDER. 1*52. M. 



43. Hunter, John, F.R.S. Bust of Hunter, r., bare ; top of head, 



bare, hair around, curly. Leg. JOHANNES HVNTER. Below, 

 B. WYON. 



Rev. Within a laurel wreath, the armorial bearings of York- 

 shire College, Leeds ; below, on an ornamental scroll the rnotto 

 ET AVGEBITVR SCIENTIA. Inscribed around, within a border, 



COLLEGIVM . COM1TATVS . EBORACENCIS and SCHOLA MEDICINJE. 



