MAGELLANIC PREMIUM 



r\>rN: 1 ■ -■^t by Tohs Htac-ivth ik MaoELLax. of Loxdos 



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THE AMERICAN' PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



Held a t Ph 1 la tki th ia . for Promotin .. T ' ^ v r ' - K v o« 1 r r>GK 



ANNOINCKS THAT IN 



DECEMBER. : : : 



^L\GELL-\NIC GOLD MED-\L 



TO THE Al'THOR OF THE BEST DISCOVERY, OR MOST CSEFCl. INTENTION, RT- 

 LATING TO NAVIGATION, ASTRONOMY. OR NATIRAL PHlLOSOrHY ^MRRE^ 

 XATCRAL HISTORY ONLY KXCKPTEI) ) VNUEJt THE FXJLLOWIXG CONDITIONS : 



.1. The candidate shall, on or before XoA'ember j, 1913, delhter free of posta^ 

 or other charges, his discoA'ery, in\-ention or iniprovemem, addressed to the 

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

 Philadelphia, U. S. A., snd shall distinjr^iish his perfom«nce hv some motto, 

 device, or other signature. With his discovery. in\-«ntion, or improvement, he 

 shall also send a sealed letter cdniaining the same motto, vievice, or other 4ag- 

 nature, and subscribed with the real n,ime and place of resilience of the author, 



i. Persons of any nation, sect or denomination ■wrhatever. shall be a^i- 

 mitted as candidates for this premium. 



5. No discovery, invention or impro>'ement shall be entitWi to this premium 

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

 rewardeii elsewhere. 



4. The candid,iie shall communicate his disco\-iery, inver:'.^-^ o- ,•.„.„->,-.,-.-• 

 either in the English, French, G--rm*n, or Latin lang«.igt 



5. A full account of the crowned subijeoi shall be pubHs;x.i ;\v -.no >vxnoT \ , 

 as soon as may be after the adjudication, either it^ a separate puhlicativui^ or in 

 the next suc«."eeding volume of their Transactions, or in both. 



6. The premium shall consist of an oval plate of solid standaril gvJd of the 

 value of ten guineas, suitab.Jf inscrilxvi, with the seal of the Society annexevl to 

 the medal by a ribbon. 



k\l correspontlence in relation h«ieto should be addressed 



To THE SKCJiKT.\RJES OF THV 



AMERICAN l•iUiA'^(.>iUllCAL :S\Vn:rY 

 No. u\4 Soi TH Fifth Strekt 



PHILADELPHIA, U, S- A 



