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When Montyon died, he bequeathed 12, 000 francs for the perpetual endowment of each of the following prizes: for the discovery of the means of rendering some mechanical process less dangerous to the workman ; for the perfecting of any technical improvement in a mechanical process ; for the book which during the year rendered the greatest service to humanity ; the " prix de vertu " for the most courageous act on the part of a poor Frenchman ; the awards being left as before to the learned academies.
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