132 SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



Prussian Jcademj/. 



Sittings of 'ths The Royal Academy of Sciences at Bciliu, in tlieir public 



deuiy. '* * ' sitting of last Auousf , gave an account of the competition for 



Prize qucs- the prizes for 1804-. The question relative to the law of Mari- 



ottc not having been satisfactorily resolved, wns deferred to 



this present May. The same measure was adopted with reg<ird 



to their questioti concerning the structure of the lungs. The 



third question on the inflammation of the spleen was resolved 



in three memoirs: The prize of fifty ducats was adjudged to 



I^Ir, Klausch, phy&ician at Militsch in Silesia. 



Seven memoirs were received on the philosophical question 

 concerning analysis and the analytical method. That of Mr. 

 Francke^ rector of Husura, obtained the prize. The question 

 by an anonymous proposer of last year, " /^r//j/ civilizaiioii 

 proceeded from the East," produced several memoirs ; but title 

 decision of the academy is deferred till they shall have been 

 examined. 



The class of philosophy has proposed for the year 1807, the 

 following subject for a prize : 



'* Does there exist an immediate internal perception, and in 

 what respect does it differ from intuition and the simple abstrac- 

 tion by the rules of thinking and perceiving. 



'■ In what respect do intuitions differ from sensations and the 

 intimate sense. 



" In whai relation do these actions and situations of the in- 

 tellect stand with regard to conceptions and ideas." 



Poland 

 Prize ques- J" the month of June last, the class of Physical Sciences of 



*'""^- the University and Imperial Academy of Vihia. proposed the 



following prizes : 



•' Besides Lhe diabetes mellitus of medic;il writers, are there 

 other maladies peculiar to man, which from decided experi- 

 ments ore known to produce in dilfercnt organs a secretion si- 

 milar to that of saccharine matter, and in abundance sufS- 

 cient to occasion consumption by its loss ? and what are these 

 disorders ?" 



The prize is 100 gold ducats of Hollasul ; a;id the concur- 

 rtace is open till the first of September 1 806'. 



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