| Charles Babbage - 1830 - 308 pages
...— 26th January, 1826. RESOLVED, THAT it is the opinion of the Council, that the medals be awarded for the most important discoveries or series of investigations,...in the year preceding the day of their award. That it is the opinion of the Council, that the presentation of the medals should not be limited to British... | |
| Charles Babbage - 1830 - 252 pages
...— 26<A January, 1 826. RESOLVED, THAT it is the opinion of the Council, that the medals be awarded for the most important discoveries or series of investigations,...in the year preceding the day of their award. That it is the opinion of the Council, that the presentation of the medals should not be limited to British... | |
| 1831 - 660 pages
...the discoveries, or series of investigations, on account of which they are to be bestowed, shall be completed and made known to the Royal Society in the year preceding the day of their award. But what happens ? The medals are given to Mr. Dalton and Mr. Ivory. But it could not be said that... | |
| William Swainson - 1834 - 476 pages
...26th of January, 1826: — RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of the council that the medals be awarded for the most important discoveries or series of investigations,...Society in the year preceding the day of their award. 2. That it is the opinion of the council that the presentation of the medals should not be limited... | |
| Augustus Bozzi Granville - 1836 - 300 pages
...what nation. It was afterwards ruled, that the medals should be bestowed on the author or authors of the most important discoveries, or series of investigations,...to the Royal Society in the year preceding the day on which the award was made. With regard to the Lectures to be read before the Society — their annual... | |
| Nicholas Carlisle - 1837 - 240 pages
...was resolved, that, in conformity with His Majesty's Commands, The Royal Medals should be abjudged, for the most important discoveries, or series of investigations,...Two Medals from the same die should be struck upon such Foundation, one of Gold and the other of Silver. " Upon proceeding to the distribution of the... | |
| Joseph Banks - 1844 - 136 pages
...upon each foundation, one of gold, and the other of silver. It was his Majesty's intention that these medals should be adjudged for the most important discoveries,...Society, in the year preceding the day of their award ; and that their presentation should not be limited to British subjects. Upon proceeding to distribute... | |
| Richard Sheepshanks - 1860 - 290 pages
...Society.* The Council, Jan. 26, 1826, passed the following resolution : — "That the medal be awarded for the most important discoveries or series of investigations...the Royal Society in the year preceding the day of the award," f that is, I presume, St. Andrew's Day, or Nov. 30, of the same year. In 1826, Jan. 17,... | |
| Charles Babbage - 1864 - 574 pages
...20th January 1826, it was resolved, " That it is the opinion of the Council that the medals be awarded for the most important discoveries or series of investigations,...the Royal Society in the year preceding the day of the award." This rule reduced the number of competitors to a very few. Although I had had some experience... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1897 - 250 pages
...Davy, in a letter dated December 3, 1825. They were at first awarded for the most important discoveries completed and made known to the Royal Society in " the year preceding the day of their award," but soon after the foundation this was changed to "within five years preceding the day of such award."... | |
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