Campbell, William W., elected vice- Cannon, Annie J. on starlight and its Carson, Hampton L., presents portrait Chalice of Antioch, v Cheyney, Edward P., character and ability of Queen Elizabeth, v most ancient known fossil forest, x Conklin, Edwin G., modern aspects of Crowell, Bowman C., relation of the Curator elected, ix Curtis, Heber D., infra-red flash and D Daly, Reginald A., ultimate causes of Davis, Bradley M., the segregation of Day, Arthur L., the proximate causes Duponceau, souvenir of, presented, xi E East, Edward M., a new interpretation Eclipse, total solar of 1926, Friday Electric nets, identical, in series, I, viii F Final conclusions on the evolution, Finance Committee, report of, adopted, G Goodspeed, Arthur W., elected secre- resolution on death of I. Minis Grass rusts of South America, based on H Harshberger, John W., on the Portu- Haupt, Paul, Ulysses and Nimrod, x Hertlein, Leo G. and Cricmay, Colin H., on the nomenclature and strati- Hubble, Edwin H., resolution of non- I Identical electrical networks in series, Igneous action and mountain building, Importance of field work in the study Intra-thoracic movements, application J Jackson, A. V. Williams, doctrine of Johnson, Emory R., railroad consolida- V K Kennelley, A. E., identical electrical L Lecture, Friday evening, by John A. Lewis, John F., elected councillor, ix Lindgren, Waldemar, volcanism from M MacDougal, D. T., absorption and Manchaean eschatology, doctrine of Mars: the opposition of 1924, vii Members, admitted: Andrews, Charles McL., iv Members, deceased: Baldwin, James L., iv Chandler, Charles Frederick, xii Farabee, William Curtis, xii Mendenhall, Thomas Corwin, iii Members, elected: Alderman, Edwin A., ix Compton, Arthur Holly, ix Gregory, William King, ix Miller, John A., elected secretary, viii Money, Charles R., the great chalice of Montgomery, James A., origin of Patagonia, Princeton University's ex- Penrose, Charles Bingham, resolution Phoenician alphabet, new light on Photographs, transmission of by tele- Plants, pressures of sap in, 102, vi Portugese insectivorous plants, notes Prehistoric terminology, 83, x Price, Eli Kirk, elected treasurer, ix Protoplasm, colloidal nature of, iv Q Queen Elizabeth, character and ability R Railroad consolidation, possibilities and Relation of mountain-building to ig- Rosengarten, Joseph G., presentation S Sap in plants, absorption and exuda- X Secretaries elected, viii Siefritz, Wm., on colloidal nature of Sinclair, Wm. J., mounted skeleton of a Singer, Edgar A., logic and the relation Some new experiments in gravitation, Smith, Edgar Fahs, the soluble sodium Smith, Philip S., explorations in north- Starlight and its message, xiii Arthur L. Day, the proximate causes of volcanic phenomena, xi xi Daly, Reginald A., ultimate causes T Terminology, prehistoric, 83, x Treasurer elected, ix Tree of knowledge, most ancient fossil FOUNDED IN 1786 BY JOHN HYACINTH DE MAGELLAN, OF London 1925 THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HELD AT PHILadelphia, for Promoting USEFUL KNOWLEDGE ANNOUNCES THAT IN DECEMBER, 1925 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, 1925, 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, U. S. A |