Adjudication of the Medals of the Royal Society for the year 1839 by 
the President and Council. 
The Copley Medal to Robert Brown, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S., for his discoveries, 
during a series of years, on the subject of Vegetable Impregnation. 
The Royal Medal, in the department of Astronomy, to James Ivory, Esq., K.H., 
F.R.S., for his paper entitled “ On the theory of the Astronomical Refractions,” 
published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1838. 
The Royal Medal, in the department of Physiology, including the Natural History 
of Organized Beings, to Martin Barry, M.D., for his papers entitled “ Researches 
in Embryology,” published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1838 and 1839. 
