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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XIX. No. 491. 



The object of this letter is to attract the 

 attention of the authorities of such institu- 

 tions as may seem, to such authorities, quali- 

 fied to compete; and the request is hereby 

 made that all such institutions send, through 

 their proper channels, their names to ' The 

 Edison Medal Committee ' of the American 

 Institute of Electrical Engineers, 95 Liberty 

 Street, New York City, on or before June 1, 

 1904, in order that the committee may have 

 before it the names of all institutions which 

 those in direct authority of them believe quali- 

 fied to comply with the conditions as set forth 

 in the various sections of the deed of gift, as 

 follows : 



Fourth. Tlie Institute shall, so long as the 

 requisite funds accrue from the said investments 

 so to be made by the trust company, annually 

 cause to be executed a gold medal, and shall, 

 through a committee to be duly appointed and au- 

 thorized by it and known as the Edison Medal 

 Committee, award said medal in accordance with 

 the provisions of this clause. 



1. The medal shall be awarded to such qualified 

 student as shall have submitted to the institute, 

 in accordance with the provisions of this deed 

 and of the regulations which may be prescribed 

 by the Edison Medal Committee, the best thesis 

 or record of research on theoretical or applied 

 electricity or magnetism. 



2. Each competitor for the medal, in order to 

 be qualified, must have graduated and received a 

 degree during the year for which the mfedal shall 

 be awarded, in some course of study at some in- 

 stitution of learning in the United States of 

 America or Dominion of Canada, which course of 

 study shall include the branch of electrical engi- 

 neering. The United States Naval Academy and 

 Military Academy are included within the insti- 

 tutions from which competitbrs may be qualified. 



3. Not more than two students may compete in 

 any one year from any one institution of learning ; 

 nor may any student compete, unless duly pre- 

 sented for competition through the faculty of the 

 particular institution at which he is a student. 



4. The course of study must be one normally 

 representing not less than two years of continuous 

 residence and work. 



5. The thesis or record must not exceed six 

 thousand words, not inclusive of words employed 

 in explanation of accompanying drawings. 



6. No competitor shall be of greater age than 

 twenty-five years at the day of his graduation in 

 such course of study. 



Fifth. The institute shall, through its Edison 

 Medal Committee, forthwith make such rules and 

 regulations, not inconsistent with any of the pro- 

 visions or conditions of this deed, as may, in their 

 judgment, assist in the proper execution of the 

 trust herein created. The Edison Medal Com- 

 mittee shall immediately upon making such rules 

 and regulations notify the institutions of learning 

 open to competition, of such provisions of this 

 deed, and of such rules and regulations as may 

 properly be communicated to them, and through 

 them to the students at such institutions. 



Sixth. The institute will further, through its 

 Edison Medal Committee, issue to each recipient 

 of the Edison Medal a parchment certificate in 

 such form as may be prescribed by said committee, 

 certifying the name of the person to whom said 

 medal is awarded, the date of such award, and 

 such other facts as may be deemed proper by the 

 committee. 



The Edison Medal Committee is being 

 selected from among the members of the insti- 

 tute who are not now connected with educa- 

 tional institutions, but who have the necessary 

 early educational training, and subsequent ex- 

 perience, to enable them to critically analyze 

 and justly determine the merits of the theses 

 offered in the various fields of research. This 

 committee will, after organization, communi- 

 cate such further information as may be neces- 

 sary to those institutions whose names have 

 been presented in compliance with this invita- 

 tion, and it is hoijed that prompt response may 

 be received in order that no institution justly 

 entitled to consideration may be overlooked. 

 BioN J. Aenold, 



President. 



American Institute of 

 Electeical Engineeks. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



At the annual meeting of the American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences, held on May 

 11, it was voted, on the recommendation of 

 the Eumford committee, to award the Eum- 

 ford medals to Professor Ernest Fox Nichols, 

 of Columbia University, for his researches on 

 radiation, particularly on the pressure due to 

 radiation, the heat of the stars and the infra- 

 red spectrum. 



Professor Edward S. Morse has been 

 elected a corresponding member of the 



