FOUNDED IN 1786 BY JOHN HYACINTH DE MAGELLAN, OF LONDON 1912 THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, FOr Promoting Useful KnowLEDGE ANNOUNCES THAT IN DECEMBER, 1912 IT WILL AWARD ITS MAGELLANIC GOLD MEDAL TO THE AUTHor of the beST DISCOVERY, OR MOST Useful invention, reLATING TO NAVIGATION, ASTRONOMY, OR NATURAL PHILOSOPHY (MERE NATURAL HISTORY ONLY EXCEPTED) Under the folLOWING CONDITIONS : 1. The candidate shall, on or before November 1, 1912, deliver free of postage or other charges, his discovery, invention or improvement, addressed to the President of the American Philosophical Society, No. 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, U. S. A., and shall distinguish his performance by some motto, device, or other signature. With his discovery, invention, or improvement, he shall also send a sealed letter containing the same motto, device, or other signature, and subscribed with the real name and place of residence of the author. 2. Persons of any nation, sect or denomination whatever, shall be admitted as candidates for this premium. 3. No discovery, invention or improvement shall be entitled to this premium which hath been already published, or for which the author hath been publicly rewarded elsewhere. 4. The candidate shall communicate his discovery, invention or improvement, either in the English, French, German, or Latin language. 5. A full account of the crowned subject shall be published by the Society, as soon as may be after the adjudication, either in a separate publication, or in the next succeeding volume of their Transactions, or in both. 6. The premium shall consist of an oval plate of solid standard gold of the value of ten guineas, suitably inscribed, with the seal of the Society annexed to the medal by a ribbon. All correspondence in relation hereto should be addressed TO THE SECRETARIES OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY No. 104 SOUTH FIFTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, US. A. THE CROWNED ESSAY FOR WHICH THE HENRY M. PHILLIPS PRIZE OF Two In Vol. LI, No. 203, Dr. T. J. J. See's paper on the Depth of the Milky Way: page 12, 8th line from top, for "large" read "small." page 13, 8th line from bottom, for "enfeeblement of" read "enfeeblement to." page 14, 4th line from top, for "million" read "thousand." In No. 204, the same author's paper on the Dynamical Theory of the Globular Clusters. page 119, 18th line from top, for "Stellar System" read "Stellar Systems." page 122, equations (10), make denominator of first equation same as page 139, 10th line from top, for convected" page 144, last equation of (48) for "" read ΣZ" connected.'' page 165, 9th line from top, for "mediation" read "meditation." Members who have not as yet sent their photographs to the Society will confer a favor by so doing; cabinet size preferred. It is requested that all correspondence be addressed TO THE SECRETARIES OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 104 SOUTH FIFTH STREET PHILADELPHIA, U S. A. TO THE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, Gentlemen: The undersigned, a committee of Judges elected by the American Philosophical Society on December 1, 1911, to examine the Essays submitted to the Society in competition for the Henry M. Phillips Prize, respectfully report that they have examined with care the nine essays submitted for the prize, and, after personal consultation and discussion, have awarded the prize to the essay entitled "Sovereignty can only be an unit and must remain an unit.-Bismarck," which proves to be the work of Charles H. Burr, Esq., of Philadelphia. The Committee found very great difficulty in deciding between this essay and one written by "Historicus" [Edward S. Corwine, Esq., of Princeton, New Jersey]. JOSEPH H. CHOATE, J. M. DICKINSON, HENRY WADE ROGERS, Committee. Proc. Amer. PHIL. SOC., LI, 206 0, PRINTED OCT. 21, 1912. |