Abstract
IN March last, Dr. S. P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, appointed a committee to consider whether any discovery had been made since the award of the first Hodgkins gold medal in 1899, under the general terms of the gift, “the increase and diffusion of more exact knowledge in regard to the nature and properties of atmospheric air in connection with the welfare of man,” which would render it proper that such a medal should be again awarded. This committee consisted of the following distinguished men of science:—Mr. Richard Rathbun, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, chairman; Dr. A. Graham Bell, for electricity; Dr. Ira Remsen, for chemistry; Dr. Charles D. Walcott, for geology; Prof. E. C. Pickering, for astronomy; Dr. Theodore N. Gill, for biology; Prof. Cleveland Abbe, for meteorology; Mr. William H. Holmes, for anthropology; and Mr. S. W. Stratton, for physics.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Another Hodgkins Gold Medal Awarded . Nature 67, 104–105 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067104c0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/067104c0