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CAMBRIDGE.—The subject selected for the Adams prize in 1914 is “The Phenomena of the Disturbed Motion of Fluids, including the Resistances encountered by Bodies moving through them.” A theoretical re-discussion of the problem of fluid resistance may be undertaken, either in general or in cases, in the light of the experimental knowledge regarding the resistances and the nature of the broken motion of the fluid which is becoming available in the publications of the aëronautical laboratories of various countries. Information has been accumulating regarding the nature and mode of travel of meteorological atmospheric disturbances, such as cyclonic movements and line squalls, the propagation of minute waves of barometric pressure, and the nature of the lower boundary of the upper calm region of the air. A dynamical discussion of these topics, or of simpler problems in illustration of them, might be undertaken. The prize is open to the competition of all persons who have at any time been admitted to a degree in the University of Cambridge. The value of the prize is about 220l. The essays must be sent to the Vice-Chancellor on or before the last day of December, 1914.
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University and Educational Intelligence . Nature 91, 232–233 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091232a0
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