THE President and Council of the Royal Society adjudged, 
for the year 1796, the Medal on Sir Godfrey Copley’s Donation, 
to George Atwood, Esq. F. R. S. for his paper on the Construction 
and Analysis of geometrical Propositions, determining the Positions 
assumed by homogeneal Bodies which float freely, and at rest, on a 
fluid Surface ; and also determining the Stability of Ships, and other 
floating Bodies. 
