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His MAJESTY THE KING has been pleased to approve of the following awards this year by the president and council of the Royal Society:—a Royal medal to Prof. George Chrystal, Sec.R.S. Edinburgh, for his researches in mathematics and physics, especially his recent work on seiches and free oscillations in the Scottish lakes; and a Royal medal to Dr. W. M. Bayliss, F.R.S., for his researches in physiology. The following awards have also been made:—the Copley medal to Sir George H. Darwin, K.C.B., F.R.S., for his scientific researches, especially in the domain of astronomical evolution; the Davy medal to Prof. Henry E. Armstrong, F.R.S., for his contributions to chemical science; and the Hughes medal to Mr. C. T. R. Wilson, F.R.S., for his investigations on the formation of cloud and their application to the study of electrical ions.

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Notes . Nature 88, 49–54 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/088049a0

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