Adjudication of the Medals of the Royal Society for the year 1889, 
by the Peesident and Council. 
The Copley Medal to the Rev. George Salmon, D.D., F.R.S., for his various 
Papers on subjects of Pure Mathematics, and for the valuable Mathematical Treatises 
of which he is the Author. 
A Royal Medal to Walter Holbrook Gaskell, F.R.S., for his Researches in 
Cardiac Physiology, and his important Discoveries in the Anatomy and Physiology of 
the Sympathetic Nervous System. 
A Royal Medal to Thomas Edward Thorpe, F.R.S., for his Researches on 
Fluorine Compounds, and his Determination of the Atomic Weights of Titanium and 
Gold. 
The Davy Medal to William Henry Perkin, F.R.S., for his Researches on 
Magnetic Rotation in relation to Chemical Constitution. 
The Bakerian Lecture, “ A Magnetic Survey of the British Isles for the Epoch 
January 1, 1886,” was delivered by Professor A. W. PtiiCKER, F.R.S., and Professor 
T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S. 
The Ci’oonian Lecture, “ Les Inoculations Preventives,” was delivered by Dr. E. 
Roux. 
