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Music, which is on Broad street, near the station of the Pennsyl- 
vania railroad and several large hotels. The sections will be 
amply accommodated in other halls in the immediate vicinity. 
The offices of the permanent secretary and local committee, 
the association post-office, etc., will bé at the Academy of Music 
alter Sept. 1st; previous to that they will be at the Academy of 
Natural Sciences. The permanent secretary will establish his 
ont in Philadelphia on August 22. 
the permanent secretary at his office in Salem, Mass., up to 
“gust 20. After this date and until the meeting has adjourned, 
the address of the permanent secretary will be HOTEL LAFAYTTE, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
— Prizes given by the French Academy.—The “ Prix Fran- 
cœur ” for discoveries in real or applied mathematics, was unani- 
mously awarded to M. Emile Barbier, the laureate of 1882. 
The prize of 6000 francs for studies calculated to increase the 
ciency of the Navy, was divided between M. Taurines, to whom 
3000 francs was allotted for his forthcoming work entitled “ Steam 
= “gines: a historical and critical account of the dynamometric 
 Tesults of the working of marine engines,” M. Germain, to whom 
work entitled “ New Astronomical Navigation, 
J Prix Poncelet” was given to M. G. H. Halphen; the 
ing 12 prize was parted between M. Leon Francq for perfect- 
3 me's steam-engine, and M. L. Renouf for a mathematical 
ment 
naps the “ Prix Lalande” was awarded to MM. Bon- 
d Pe in, Bassot, Bigourdain and Callandreau, the members 
while the ig h Expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1882; 
my: 
i te“ Prix Lacaze ” ( 5 M Heri Boc 
: physics) was awarded to M. Het 
tah engineer of roads and bridges, for the total of his works 
er Pri e Mon a ed the deceased 
-ie Montyon ” (statistics) was allotted to the dec 
Ca N olas, author of the important work, “The yy es 
Since the commencement of the xix century. is 
