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THE committee of the Paris Academy of Sciences appointed to consider the distribution of the Bonaparte Research Fund has made the following recommendations for the year 1913:—H. Caillol, 3000 francs, for the completion of his work entitled “Catalogue des coleopteres de Provence”; A. Colson, 2000 francs, to enable him to continue his experimental work in physical chemistry; E. Coquide, 2000 francs, to assist him in carrying out his study of the turf lands of the north of France from the agricultural point of view; C. Schlegel, 2000 francs, to enable him to continue his researches on Crustacean development; Jules Wclsch, 2000 francs to assist him in his geological exploration of the coast lines of France and Great Britain, and to extend them to Belgium and Scandinavia; MM. Pitard and Pallary, 6000 francs, equally divided, for their scientific expedition in Morocco, organised by the Société de Géographie; Louis Roule, 2000 francs, for the continuation and extension of his researches on the morphology and biology of the salmon in France; M. Pougnet, 2000 francs, to enable him to continue his researches on the chemical and biological effects of the ultra-violet rays, and for the construction of a quartz apparatus to be used for studying the action of ultra-violet light upon gaseous bodies; M. Dauzere, 2000 francs, for his work on the cellular vortices of Benard; M. Gard, 2000 francs, for the publication of a work and atlas dealing with the material left by the late M. Bornet; M. Chevalier, 4000 francs, to meet the expenses necessitated by the classification of the botanical material collected in the course of his travels in western and equatorial Africa, and the publication of memoirs on the flora of these regions; Paul Becquerel, 2000 francs, for the continuation of his physiological researches relating to the influence of radio-active substances on the nutrition, reproduction, and variation of some plant species; Le Morvan, 4000 francs, for the completion of his photographic atlas of the moon; M. Pellegrin, 2000 francs, to aid him in the pursuit of his researches, and to publish his work on African fishes, more particularly those of the French colonies; M. Rengade, 3000 francs, for his proposed systematic examination of mineral waters for the presence and distribution of the rare alkaline metals; M. Alluaud, 3000 francs, for facilitating the study and publication of documents collected by M. Jeannel and himself on the alpine flora and fauna of the high mountainous regions of eastern Africa; M. Lormand, 2000 francs, for the purchase of a sufficient quantity of radium bromide to undertake methodical researches on the action of radio-activity on the development of plants; A. Labbé, 2000 francs, for the study of the modifications presented by various animals passing from fresh to salt water or the reverse; de Gironcourt, 3000 francs, for the publication of the results of his scientific expeditions in Morocco and western Africa: M. Legendre, 3000 francs, to assist him in the publication of the maps and documents dealing with his travels in China; H. Abraham, 2000 francs, for the determination, with Commandant Ferrie and M. A. Dufour, of the velocity of propagation of the Hertzian waves between Paris and Toulon.
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Bonaparte Research Fund Grants . Nature 91, 618–619 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091618b0
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