544 Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



OFFERED BY SCHNYDER VON WARTENSEE's FOUNDATION 

 FOE SCIENCE AND ART, ZURICH. 



For the year 1894 a prize is offered by " Schnyder von Warren- 

 see's Foundation," for the solution of the following problems in the 

 domain of Physics : — 



"As the numbers which represent the atomic heats of the 

 elements still show very considerable divergences, the researches 

 conducted by Professor H. P. Weber on boron, silex, and carbon, 

 regarding the dependence of the specific heats upon the tempera- 

 ture, are to be extended to several other elements, prepared as 

 pure as possible, and also to combinations or alloys of them. 

 Further, the densities and the thermic coefficients of expansion of 

 the substances investigated are to be ascertained as carefully as 

 possible." 



The conditions are as follows : — 



Art. I. The treatises handed in by competitors for the prizes 

 may be in German, French, or English, and must be sent in by 

 September 30, 1894, at the latest, to the address given in Art. VI. 



Art. II. The examination of the treatises will be entrusted to a 

 committee consisting of the following gentlemen : — 



Professor Pernet, Ziirich. 



Professor A. Hantzsch, Zurich. 



Professor E. Dorn, Halle-on-the-Saale. 



Professor J. Wislicenus, Leipsic. 



Professor E. Schar, Zurich, as member of the committee offering 

 the prizes. 



Art. III. The Prize Committee is empowered to award a first 

 prize of Two Thousand Francs, and minor prizes at its discretion 

 to the amount of One Thousand Francs. 



Art. IV. The work to which the first prize is awarded is to 

 be the property of Schnyder von Wartensee's Foundation, and 

 arrangements w 7 ill be made with the author regarding its publi- 

 cation. 



Art. V. Every treatise sent in must have a motto on the title- 

 page, and be accompanied with a sealed envelope bearing the same 

 motto outside and containing the author's name. 



Art. VI. The treatises are to be sent in to the following address 

 within the period named in Art. I. : — 



" An das Praesidium des Conveutes der Stadtbibliothek Ziirich " 

 (betreffend Preisaufgabe der Stiftung von Schnyder von 

 Wartensee fur das Jahr 1894). 



Zurich, December 31, 1891. 



