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the mottoes or pseudonyms which in four instances were employed. To 

 three of the papers a silver medal is awarded, and to six a bronze 

 medal : 



Honorable mention ivith silver medal. — Prof. A. L. Herrera and Dr. 

 Vergara Lopez, of the City of Mexico, "La Atmosfera de las altitudes 

 y el bienstar del hombre;" Mr. C. L. Madsen ("Geo") Helsingor, near 

 Copenhagen, Denmark, "Thermogeographical studies;" Mr. F. A. E. 

 Eussell, of London, vice-president of the Royal Meteorological Society 

 of Great Britain, "The atmosphere in relation to human life and health." 



Honorable mention, with bronze medal. — M. E. Deberaux-Dex and M. 

 Maurice Dibos ("Spes"), of Rouen, France, "Etudes des courants 

 aeriens continentaux et de leur utilisation par des aerostats long-cour- 

 riers;" Dr. O. Jesse, of Berlin, "Die leuchtenden Nachtwolken ; " Dr. 

 A. Loewy, of Berlin, " Untersuchungen iiber die Respiration und Cir- 

 kulation uuter verdiinnter und verdichteter sauerstoffarmer und saer- 

 stoffreicher Luft ; " Mr. Alexander McAdie ( ' ' Dalgetty "), of Washington, 

 " The known properties of atmospheric air considered in their relation- 

 ships to research in every department of natural science, and the 

 importance of a study of the atmosphere considered in view of these 

 relationships; the proper direction of future research in connection 

 with the imperfections of our knowledge of atmospheric air and the 

 conditions of that knowledge with other sciences ; " Mr. Hiram S. 

 Maxim, of Kent, England, "Natural and artificial flight;" Dr. Franz 

 Oppenheimer and Dr. Carl Oppenheimer ("E pur si muove"), of Berlin, 

 " Leber atmospharische Luft, ihre Eigenschaften und ihren Zusammen- 

 hang mit dem menschlichen Leben." 



Honorable mention. — Mr. E. C. C. Baly, of University College, Lon- 

 don, "The decomposition of the two constituents of the atmosphere by 

 means of the passage of the electric spark;" Prof. F. H. Bigelow, of 

 Washington, " Solar and terrestrial magnetism and their relation to 

 meteorology;" Dr. J. B. Cohen, of Yorkshire College, Leeds, England, 

 "The air of towns;" Dr. F. J. B. Cordeiro, U. S. N., of Washington, 

 " Hypsometry ; " Prof. Emile Duclaux, of the French Institute, Paris, 

 France, "Sur l'actinometrie atmospherique et sur la constitution 

 actinique de l'atmosphere ; " Professor Doctor Gieseler, of Bonn, Ger- 

 many, "Mittlere Tagestemperaturen von Bonn, 1848-1888;" Dr. Ludwig 

 Ilosvay von Nagy Ilosva, professor in the Royal Joseph Polytechnic 

 School, Budapest, Hungary, "Leber den unmittelbar oxydirenden 

 Bestandtheil der Luft;" Dr. A. Magelssen, of Christiania, Norway, 

 "Ueber den Zusammenhang und die Verwandschaft der biologischen, 

 meteorologischen und kosmischen Erscheinungen ; " Dr. A. Marcuse, of 

 the Royal Observatory, Berlin, " Die atmospharische Luft;" Prof. C. 

 Nees, of the Polytechnic School, Copenhagen, Denmark, "The use of 

 kites and chained air balloons for observing the velocity of winds, etc. ;" 

 Surg. Charles Smart, U. S. A., of Washington, "An essay on the 

 properties, constitution, and impurities of atmospheric air, in relation 

 to the promotion of health and longevity;" Dr. F. Viault, of the Fac- 

 ulty of Medicine, Bordeaux, France, "Decouverte d'une nouvelle et 

 importante propriety physiologique de Pair atmospherique. (Action 

 hematogene de Fair rarefle)." 



S. P. Langlet. 

 G. Brown Goode. 

 J. S. Billings. 

 Mark W, Harrington. 



Washington, August 9, 1895. 



