 MEDAL FUND. By the will of Dr. John Davy, FRS, the service of plate presented to Sir Humphry Davy for the invention of the safety lamp, was bequeathed to the Society, to be melted down and sold, in order to found a medal -to be given annually for the...  The Record of the Royal Society of London. 1897 - Page 128by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1897 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...be not in a situation to use or enjoy it then I wish it to be melted and given to the Royal Society to found a medal to be given annually for the most important discovery in Chemistry any where made in Europe or Anglo-America. Knowing the perfect understanding and love of justice of... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Chemistry - 1831 - 582 pages
...be not in a situation to use or enjoy it then I wish it to be melted and given to the Royal Society to found a medal to be given annually for the most important discovery in Chemistry any where made in Europe or Anglo-America. Knowing the perfect understanding and love of justice of... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1855 - 790 pages
...in a situation to enjoy it, then he adds, " I wish it to be melted and given to the Royal Society, to found a Medal, to be given annually, for the most important discovery in chemistry anywhere made in Europe or AngloAmerica." But, as Dr. Davy is now living, and as he has several children... | |
 | Science - 1869 - 332 pages
...he be not in a situation to use or enjoy it, I wish it to be melted and given to the Royal Society to found a medal, to be given annually for the most important discovery in chemistry anywhere made in Europe or Anglo-America." Dr. Davy directs by his will that " the service of plate... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1870 - 656 pages
...Plate, presented to Sir Humphry Davy for the invention of the Safety Lamp, to be employed in founding a Medal to be given annually for the most important discovery in Chemistry made in Europe or Anglo-America. The directions given in the will, respecting the manner in which the... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1870 - 688 pages
...Plate, presented to Sir Humphry Davy for the invention of the Safety Lamp, to be employed in founding a Medal to be given annually for the most important discovery in Chemistry made in Europe or Anglo-America. The directions given in the will, respecting the manner in which the... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Science - 1870 - 694 pages
...plate, presented to Sir Humphry Davy for the invention of the Safety Lamp, to be employed in founding a medal to be given annually for the most important discovery in chemistry made in Europe or Anglo-America. The directions given in the will, respecting the manner in which the... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Science - 1895 - 590 pages
...time is slightly overdrawn on account of the expenses of the last lecture having been unusually high. No. 8. THE DAVY MEDAL FUND. By the will of Dr. John...actually awarded was given, in duplicate, to Bunsen and KirchhoS in 1877. It was also given in duplicate in 1878, 1882, 1883, and 1893, but the fund has still... | |
 | Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1896 - 438 pages
...having no heirs in a position to make use of it, it should be melted and given to the Royal Society, " to found a medal to be given annually for the most important discovery in chemistry anywhere made in Europe or Anglo-America." This is the origin of the Davy Medal which has been awarded... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1912 - 594 pages
...the advice of the Sectional Committees for Botany and Zoology meeting jointly.' (See p. 215.) No. 6. THE DAVY MEDAL FUND. By the will of Dr. John Davy,...Madras Railway Stock, producing about £33 per annum. This has since been converted into a Madras Railway B Annuity of £36 0*. lid., the capital becoming... | |
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