"The John Price Wetherill Medal was an award of the Franklin Institute. It was established with a bequest given by the family of John Price Wetherill (1844\u20131906) on April 3, 1917. On June 10, 1925, the Board of Managers voted to create a silver medal, to be awarded for \"discovery or invention in the physical sciences\" or \"new and important combinations of principles or methods already known\"."@en .