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WHEREAS the American Philosophical Society at its meeting on Novem- 
ber 11, 1866, passed the following resolution : 
Resolved, That the Board of Officers and Council be authorized to offer a 
premium of Five Hundred Dollars for any successful process by which 
Anthracite Coal Dust may be economically utilized, such premium to be 
competed for and awarded in such manner as the Board of Officers and 
Council may designate, and the premium if awarded to be paid out of the 
accumulated income of the Magellanic Premium Fund, and 
WHEREAS, the American Philosophical Society as custodian of the 
Magellanic Fund as well as in its character as a Scientific Institution should 
take every precaution that the premium, if granted, should be given to such 
person or persons as may establish their right to the same, both on the mer- 
its of their claim and by their title as claimants, therefore 
Resolved, That the Board of Officers and Council be requested to desig- 
nate the manner of the competition and award for the instruction of the 
Committee and of the several applicants in the following regards : 
1st. As to the process—Where a claim is based on any alleged invention 
or discovery, the priority or originality must be proved to be with the 
claimant to allow him to be considered entitled to the premium. 
2d. As to the successful process—When the claim is founded upon the 
introduction and bringing into general public use well-known processes, 
the commercial or mechanical importance of which have heretofore been 
unappreciated, the instrumentality of the person or persons Claiming, in 
effecting the result will be investigated, both as regards other claimants, if 
any, and also as against others who may not have applied for the premium 
in order that the premium may not be awarded in default improperly. 
3d. As to economical utilization—It must be proved to the satisfaction of 
the Society that the particular process on which the premium is claimed, 
shall not oniy have operated successfully as a process both experimentally 
and in practice, but shall have so utilized anthracite coal dust as to have 
given a merchantable value to the same in the general markets for anthra- 
cite coal, or shall have demonstrated the economic substitution of dust for 
other coal in so large quantities as to materially aid the manufacturing in- 
dustries of the country. 
4th. The Board of Officers and Council are also requested to so regulate 
the conditions of the award that by no possibility any allegation of favor- 
itism can be made, should the premium fall to a member of the Society. 
The form suggested by Mr. Fraley and referred to the 
Secretaries, reads as follows: 
‘““Mr. John E. Wootten having claimed the premium of five hundred 
dollars offered by the American Philosophical Society for a successful pro- 
cess for utilizing the waste material commonly known as coal dust, and a 
Committee of the Society having reported that his process is successful and 
meritorious, notice is hereby given that the Society will award such Pre- 
mium to Mr. John E. Wootten on the Friday in February, 1878, unless 
