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THE Royal Society's medals have this year been adjudicated by the President and Council as follows:—The Copley Medal to Prof. Karl Weierstrass, For.Mem.R.S., for his investigations in pure mathematics; a Royal Medal to Prof. James Alfred Ewing, F.R.S., for his investigations on magnetic induction in iron and other metals; a Royal Medal to Dr. John Murray, for his services to biological science and oceanography in connection with the Challenger reports, and for his original contributions to the same; and the Davy Medal to Prof. William Ramsay, F.R.S., for his share in the discovery of argon, and for his discoveries regarding gaseous constituents of terrestrial minerals. Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Royal Medals. The medals will, as usual, be presented at the anniversary meeting on St. Andrew's day (November 30). The Society will dine together at the Whitehall Rooms on the evening of the same day.
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Notes. Nature 53, 34–38 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/053034a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/053034a0
