Adjudication of the Medals of the Royal Society for the year 1857 by 
the President and Council. 
The Copley Medal to Michel Eugene Chevreul, for his Researches in Organic 
Chemistry, particularly on the Composition of the Eats, and for Researches on the 
Contrast of Colours. 
A Royal Medal to Dr. Edward Frankland, for the Isolation of the Organic Radicals 
of the Alcohols, and for his Researches on the Metallic Derivatives of Alcohol. 
A Royal Medal to Dr. John Lindley, for his numerous Researches and Works on 
all branches of Scientific Botany, and especially for his “ Vegetable Kingdom” and his 
“ Genera and Species of Orchideae.” 
The Bakerian Lecture was delivered by Michael Faraday, Esq., D.CM^., F.R.S., 
and entitled “ Experimental Relations of Gold (and other Metals) to Light.” 
The Croonian Lecture was delivered by James Paget, Esq., F.R.S., and entitled 
“ On the Cause of the Rhythmic Motion of the Heart.” 
