Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1887 — Scientific Rewards. [ARTICLE]

Scientific Rewards.

The prizes which have been bestowed by the French Academy of Sciences form a long list, one of the most important of the number being that given a few years ago to Prof. Bell for his his work in connection with the telephone. Those offered for 1887 include 100,(300 francs for the discovery of an efficient remedy for Asiatic cholera; 10,000 francs each for the best works on physics, chemistry, and physiology; 7,500 for work on general embryology; 3,000 francs for.researches on the phosphorescence of animals; 3,000 francs for a comparative study of the hearing apparatus in mammals and birds; 3,Oi)U francs for a comparative study of the fresh-water animal life of Africa, south Asia and" Australasia; 2,500 francs for an improvement of the steam engine, or other invention contributing most to the progress of steam navigation; 2,000 francs for any valuable therapeutical discovery; 2,500 francs for work on the distribution of heat over the globe’s surface; 500 francs for a theoretical and practical study of progress in aerial navigation since 1880; besides many others, ranging from a set of Laplace’s works to 10,000 francs, for specified work in mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, botany, medicine, mechanics, and other sciences, and in aid of scientific students.