~ 1802.) 
poles; by M. Hubert of Zoffen. A fhort 
account of the contents of the following 
treatifes was given :—How to promote the 
fpeedy growth of oak-trees ; by the Rev. 
Mr. Germerfhaufen.—On the means of 
preventing the ravages occafioned by ca- 
terpillars; by Baron von Rofenberg of 
Drefden.—On the means of removing the 
dearth of wood; by M. Braumiller, mer- 
chant in Berlin.—An account of the ino- 
culation of the fheep-pox; by Baron von 
Lauer of Plauen.—On.a method of ‘pre- 
paring fyrup of turnep; by. Privy-coun- 
feller von Werdeck.—On the ufe of the 
feed of the geranium gruinum as a hygro- 
meter; by the Rev. Mr. Ladenrann of 
Uhrfleben.—On the fparing of wood ; and 
on the effect of the light of the fun on 
the vegetation of plants; by R. Linden- 
thal of Kuftrin.—Economical obfervations, 
by M. Henfchke.—On the mode cf in- 
ftruétion in the fchocls in town and coun- 
try; by the Rev. Mr. Schlemiller.—Plan 
for eftablifhing a company to infure the 
ftock and crops of farmers; by Mr. In- 
fpef&tor Schafer of Lohburg.—On: the 
preffing of oil from feeds growing in the 
Margraviate af Brandenburg.—On the di- 
viding of the pafturage-lands; by M. Fi- 
{cher of Craijfheim, &c.—Mode!s were 
likewife exhibited of a fawing-rachine ; 
of.a plough ; of a ftove for cooking, fo con- 
ftruégied as to fave fuel; of a farm houfe, 
whole gable-fides are covered with ftraw 
or reeds; of a potatee-machine ; and a 
drawing of a wood-faving ftove for warm- 
ing rooms. 
ACADEMY of SCIENCES Gt BERLIN. 
The public aflembly of the Academy, 
held on the 3d of Auguft 1807, for the 
purpofe of celebrating the King’s birth- 
day, was opened by the perpetual Secre- 
tary, M. Merian, with an appropriate 
oration. The, Secretary then read a re- 
port, from which it appeared, that in an- 
{wer to the prize-queftion propoled by the 
Phyfical Clafs, viz..** On the influence of 
electricity on fermentation,” only one 
treatife had been received, which had not 
been deemed deferving of the prize :—but 
that the Philofophical Clafs had adjudged 
the prize to be equally divided between the 
authors of two of.the treatifes received on 
the fubject propofed by them, viz. ‘* On 
the origin of human knowledge.’’ The 
firt had the following motto from 
Homer: ayaw Pjer, 70 all’ oplarmwy érov, 
&tc.; and the other, the following from 
Locke: ‘* lL Experience ef le fondement de. 
toutes nos connoifances. On opening tie 
ay 
Proceedings of Learned Societiess 538i 
fealed billets, it appeared, that Mr. La~ 
zarug Bendavid was the author of the 
firft; and of the fecond, Jofeph Maria 
Degerando, Member of the Council of 
Aris and Profeffor of Ethics in Paris. 
The accefit was adjudged to a tréatife with 
the motto! Ace yo wev ore, Mr. Meriafi 
at the fame time gave notice, that the 
fame Clafs propafed the following queftion 
for the new prize of 5 ducats for the year 
1803: * How farthe moral value of an 
aétion may be taken into confideration in 
the enacting of a penal Jaw, and in the 
application thereof.”°—-Mr. Merian then 
read the elogy of the late Minifter of 
State, Count von Fichtenftein—.Profeffor 
Waiter, fenior, read a treatife on the 
queftion: ‘‘How is a child nourithed 
while it remains inclofed in the womb?” 
and Privy-counfellor Ancillon a Differta- 
tion on the Metiphyfics of the Greeks, 
Mr. hagthluse hae, Ermann clofed the 
meeting by reading A genealogical Ac- 
count of all the Imperial, Royal, and 
Sovereign-princely Perfonages who in the 
laft century were defcended in a direct 
line from Queen Sophia Charlotte and her 
only fon Frederic William I, 
ACADEMY of the ARTS at VIENNA. 
The prizes which are given by the’ 
Royal Imperial Academy of the Arts in 
Vienna, the large ones every two years, 
and the {mall ones every year, were dif- 
tributed to the moft deferving candidates 
in Apri] 180f. The large prizes confit 
of medals; the firtt of a gold medal of 
the value of twenty-four ducats ; and the 
fecond of a filver medal, with an addition 
of money, the whole worth eight ducats. 
The perfon who receives the firft prize, 
leaves the prize-painting in the poffeffion 
of the Academy ; but the pjece which 
obtains the fecond prize is returned to the 
artift, The fmaller prizes confit cf money; 
the moft confiderable of them feldom ex- 
ceeding twenty-five florins. The fubjeéts 
propoted for. 1800 were :—In hittorical 
painting, ** Adam fhewing to Eve the 
murdered Abel,’ froin Gefner’s Poem, 
The two prizes were adjudged to Jcfeph 
Rede!, and Frederic Matthai of Drefden. 
—In Jandicape-painting, ** A rocky 
tra&t of country, with a waterfall.” J, 
Giebele, and Francis Jafchke -obtained 
the prizesx——IJn ftatuary, “© Homer, 
blind, and led by a boy. Jofeph Geiger, 
and Elias Hitter obtained the prize.—+ 
In architeéture, ** A church.” A. Aj 
Ortner, and J. Neurehr obtained the 
prizes. 
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