Correspondence with medalists

✍ Scribed by R.B. Owens

• Book ID: 104123422
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1921
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 414 KB
• Volume: 192
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(21)90732-4

✦ Synopsis

AT the Stated Meeting of the Committee on Science and the Arts, held January 5, 1921, the following resolutions were adopted "Resolvedi, That The Franklin Medal be awarded to Professor Charles Fabry, of the University of Marseilles, France, in recognition of his numerous and highly important contributions in the field of physical science, particularly the solution of optical and spectroscopical problems of fundamental importance ."

"Resolved, That The Franklin Medal be awarded to Frank J . Sprague, of New York, New York, in recognition of his many and fundamentally important inventions and achievements in the field of electrical engineering, notably his contributions to the development of the electric motor and its application to industrial purposes, and in the art of electric traction, signally important in forming