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* 50. Acyudication of the Rumford Medals. — The President 
and Council of the Royal Society of London have adjudged to 
Dr Brewster the Gold and Silver Medals on Count Rumford’s 
donation, given every two years for the most important dis- 
coveries on Light or Heat made in any part of Europe during 
that period. 
51. Estahlislment of a Physiological Prize in France. — A 
sum of money having been anonymously transmitted to the 
Royal Academy of Sciences in France, for the purpose of found- 
ing a Prize in Physiology, the Academy has announced that a 
Gold ]\iedal of 440 francs value^ will be given to the Author of 
the printed work or manuscript sent to them before the 1st of 
December 1819, which shall be considered as having contribu- 
ted most to the progress of Experimental Physiology. 
52. New Fund for the Establishment of Prize Medals in 
Scotland. — We have great pleasure in announcing, that the 
late Alexander Keith, Esq. of Ravelston, has left L. 1000, un- 
der the management of the present Mr Keith of Ravelston, Mr 
Keith, surgeon in Edinburgh, and Dr Brewster, for the pur- 
pose of promoting the advancement of the Arts and Sciences 
in Scotland. We expect to be able, in our second or third 
Number, to announce the particular purposes to which this 
liberal donation will be appropriated. 
Art. XXXVHI. — List qf Patents granted in Scotland in 1819. 
1. To James Fox the younger, of Plymouth, in the county 
of Devon, rectifier, for his invention of an improved method 
or methods of diminishing the loss in quantity and quality of 
ardent spirits, and other fluids, during the processes of distilla- 
tion or rectification.” Sealed at Edinburgh 2Sd January 1819. 
2. To James Jeefray of GlasgoAv, professor of Anatomy in 
the University, for his invention of combinations of, and im- 
provements in, machinery to be moved by wind, steam, animal 
strength, water, or other power, by which means boats, barges, 
ships, or other floating vessels, may be propelled, or made to 
move in water, and which invention is further applicable to 
other useful purposes.” Sealed at Edinburgh 2d March, 
