Magellanic premium 



Founded ijJ 17S6 by JbHN Hyacinth de Magellan, of London 



1910 



THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge 



ANNOUNCES THAT IN 



bECEMBER, 1910 



IT WILL AWARD ITS 



MAGELLANIC GOLD MEDAL 



to THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST DISCOVERY, OR MOST USEFUL INVENTION, RE- 

 LATING TO NAVIGATION, ASTRONOMY, OR NATURAL PHILOSOPHY (mERE 

 NATURAL HISTORY ONLY EXCEPTED ) UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS : 



1. The candidate shall; on or before November i, 1910, deliver free of postage 

 or other charges, his discoverj-, invention or improvement, addressed to the 

 President of the American Philosophical Society, No. 104 South Fifth Street; 

 Philadelphia, U. S. A., and shall distinguish his performance by some motto; 

 device, or bther signature. With his discovery, invention, or improvement, he 

 shall also send a sealed letter containing the same motto, device, or other sig- 

 nature, and subscribed with the real name and place of residence of the author. 



2. Persons of any nation, sect or denomination whatever, shall be ad- 

 mitted as candidates for this premium. 



3. No discover^-, invention or improverrierit shall be entitled to this premiurri 

 which hath been already published, or for which the author hath been publicly 

 rewarded elsewhere. 



4. The candidate shall communicate his discovery, invention or improvement; 

 either in the English, French, German, or Latin language. 



5. A full account of the crowned subject shall be published by the Society, 

 as soon as may be after the adjudicatiori, either in a separate publication, or in 

 the next succeeding volunie of their Transactions, or in both. 



6. The premium shall consist of an oval plate of solid standard gold of the 

 value of ten guineas, suitably inscribed, with the seal of the Society annexed to 

 the medal by a fibbon. 



All correspondence in relation hereto should be addressed 



To THE Secretaries of the 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



No; 104 South Fifth Street 



PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. 



