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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 Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart., F.R.S., for his researches and discoveries in physical science; a Royal Medal to Prof. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., for his spectroscopic researches, and his researches on disruptive discharge through gases and on terrestrial magnetism; a Royal Medal to Prof. Harry Marshall Ward, F.R.S., for his researches into the life history of fungi and schizomycetes; and the Davy Medal to Messrs. J. H. van't Hoff and J. A. Le Bel, in recognition of their introduction of the theory of asymmetric carbon, and its use in explaining the constitution of optically active carbon compounds. 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). M. Le Bel has promised to attend in person, and it is hoped that all the medallists will be present. The Society will dine together at the Whitehall Rooms on the evening of the same day.
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Notes. Nature 49, 63–67 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/049063a0
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