2
Iuly. 9. 1662. Wren & Pope Obseruers of
Satellits. Wintrop hi
story of Pitch & tarr & Pota
shes
30. m
r. Boyles Letter to S
r R moray in answer to m
r zulichems Objections was read and orderd to be registred w
th an other of the same
subject written to m
r Boyle himself who is intreated when he prints his book againe to adde the
se two letters to it
Aug. 6. Orderd
tht m
r Bond &
the Re
st try the variation of
the needle at white hall
fol. 185. D
r. Godderd brought in an account of
the weight of mercury in a tube in reference to
the torrecellian Exp
t. & ord
rd tht it be regi
stred
Aug 13. D
r. Godderd made an exp
t. w
th. quick
siluer weighing it in
the tube inverted. The Patent for
the Soc read by Oldenburg.
D
r. wallis de
sired to bring in his solution of D
r. Goddards exp
t.
Aug. 20. S
r. R moray shewd 2 books Sinclars & Gregorys opticks. 1
st. recommended to Brounk
r. moray Boyle Goddar. 2
d to whistler Pope crone
Hill & Crone to bring an account of tenacity of bodys out of Gallil: & Mer
sennus. vnderground obseru. sent by Crone to Power & Synclar
Boyle to pro
secute exp
ts. about velocity of sounds. Godderd charlton & crone echos. Riccoljs mea
sure of
the earth to be examined by Oldenburg
27. wallis of Gla
sse canes read. registred fol. 187. m
r. Crone was di
sired to make
the exp
t to shew
tht water will pa
sse where air will not.
Sep. 3
d. S
r. Gilb talbot D
r. merrit m
r Haak m
r Hen
shaw di
sired to a
ssi
st in the translation of the Italian book of Dying - -
a french Di
scour
se in manu
script about taking heights & Di
stances a new way by catoptricks brought in by S
r. R moray. orderd to be translated again
st next Day
10. Exp
t. of
the strength of wires orderd. curator m
r Crone. tryed next Day.
17. m
r. boyles exp
t. of 2 liquors turning con
si
stent by mixture de
sired. charlton. read about direct & reflex sounds.
oct. 1. D
r Wren presented to
the Company some cutts done by himself by a new way of etching whereby he sayd he could almost as soon doe a peice on
a plate of bra
sse as another could draw it w
th. Crayon vpon paper.
8. D
r. wren offerd an Exp
t . about
the Vndulation of quicksiluer. which in a crooked tube which he sugge
sted was for the velocity
of it proportionall to the vibrations of a pendulum It was referred to him to pro
secute that Exp
t. further & bring in an account
of it. --- m
r. Oldenberg produced a Letter giuing an account of a new mixture of mettalls v
sefull for Pi
stolls & Gunns very
much e
steemed in Germany. very light not subject to Ru
sting or breaking orderd
tht an extract of it be entred.
15. S
r. R moray gaue an account of his Maj. fauour to
the society in declaring his pleasure that noe patent should pa
sse for any philosophicall or mecha
nicall
expt. Inuention but what was first put to the examination of this society. mention of making iron w
th seacole.
22. Long Discourse about equivocall Generation.
29. a lamp burning vnder water. to be tryd w
th liue creatures. D
r. Goddard suggested Drebells way of gouerning a furnace by a thermom of quick
siluer
D
r. Goddard 3
d. Exp
t of weighing Gla
sse and mercury. Streets propo
sal about longitude. Harriots & Haruys papers in L
d Clarendons hand
--------
nou. 5. Hall to De
stroy gold irreducible.
Sr. Robert moray proposed a Person that is willing to be entertaind as a curator by the Society and offering to furnish
them euery Day when they meet wth. 3 or 4 considerable experiments expecting noe Recompense till the society get a stock
enabling them to giue it. the Proposition was Receiued vnanimously. mr. Hooke being named to be the Person
nou. 12. S
r. Robert Moray Propo
sed m
r. Hooke as a curator of Exp
ts. to the Scoiety. who being vnanimously accepted of It was
orderd m
r Boyle should haue the thanks of
the Society for Dispen
sing w
th. him for their v
se and
tht m
r Hooke should come
and sit among
st them. and both bring in euery Day of the meeting 3 or 4 Exp
ts. of his own, and take care of
such others as should be mentiond to him by the Society -
L
d Brounker & S R moray to mea
sure velocity of falling bodys. S
r. W. Pettys double bottomed ve
ssell. Streets Longitude. Berkenshaws mu
sick
Driden candidate.
19. D
r. Goddard Exp
t. of
& water. m
r. Hooke made
the Exp
t. of breaking seuerall gla
sse bubbles
by water w
th rarifyd air whereof some
did break w
th a brisk noy
se others not. he was de
sired to bring in the account in writing again
st next Day. as also to make th
t Exp
of weighing the same gla
sse first w
th.
the Rarefyd air and afterwards w
th. the common air admitted into them when vn
seald
The same vndertooke to shew an Exp
t.
of about
the tenacity of air, and did al
so acquaint the society w
th an engine he had
for trying many Exp
ts of conden
sation, which was orderd to be made as soon as may be.
26. m
r. Hooke brough in his
Expts. account of
the Exp
ts. tryed with Glasse. which was read and orderd to be con
siderd next
Day. when the author
was also was de
sired to shew
the seuerall Exp
ts. (mentiond in his paper) to the company. and to haue
a scheme in great of
the seuerall ve
sells whereby he indeauours to proue that the parts of gla
sse are pre
ssed clo
se
together. he was also De
sired to think vpon some exp
ts. of freezing.
D
r. wilkins new way wi
ser shewd. -
Decemb: 3. M
r. Hill freezing salt water fre
sh. . 3 tryall sugge
sted to D
r Power. 1 a blown bladder. for shrinking. 2 mercury for subsiding. 3
vibrations of pendul
u if How how long sound pa
sses.
-m
r. Hook made
the Exp
t. of weighing Rarifyd & common air in Little gla
sse bubbles &
the Difference was found to bee neer half a
graine in one of them and aboue 1/2 a graine in an other. he also brought in an account about measuring the expansion
of the air viz
t what proportion the Decrea
se of its force holds to its increa
se of Dimen
sions. the reading whereof was deferred to
the next Day. the same propo
sed again
st next Day the Exp
t. a
scending & De
scending bodys in water viz
t what weight
they adde to the ve
ssell conteining the water. He was also de
sired to prepare for the making of the exp
t. of water
freed from air. which m
r. Zulichem saith de
scends not in the cane after the air is exhau
sted out of the Receiuer
10. M
r. Hookes account of
the Rarefaction of air was read [which was orderd to be entred] and he de
sired to
make
the exp
t. w
th quicksiluer & sp
t. of wine (mentiond in his paper) before the society at
the next
meeting. Item to make the exp
t. of weighing a
scending & De
scending bodys in water Item to Di
still
some water to see whether the half of it being Di
stilld does weigh as much as the other half remaining in
the Retort, to find out whether there be some parts in water subtiller & finer than others. -
S
r. R moray. De
scribed to the society a kind of furnace that puts air into a flame by pipes being outwardly heated
and blown by bellows by
the meanes of which furnace some doe pretend to melt oare into water.
m
r. Ho
skins de
sired to perv
se the authors that haue written of Iceland and the neighbouring countreys.
_____ /here Rochford entring ends, & M
r Weeks begins the next Day. viz/
17. The exp
t. of expanding the air from
the Sp
t. of wine was made and agreed very neer w
th. the Account
giuen by m
r. Hooke in writing.
- m
r. Hooke brought in his account concerning the Diuersity of ^ /the/ parts of common water as also some
remarks about
the freezing figures /in/
of vrine and the figures of the small shootings of Hore frosts
which was orderd to be entred [fol 22. lib. 2] he was made curator of 3 Exp
ts. against next Day
viz
t. 1 of weighing a
scending and De
scending bodys in water. 2 of weighing some bodys at the top
of We
stm
r Abby. and at the foot. 3 of forcing water out of a gla
sse by its own vapours
[Island querys.]
24. The exp
t of weighing a
scending & De
scending bodys in water and another of Driuing water out of a gla
sse by its own vapours was
made before
the Society by m
r Hooke who also brought in an account in writing of the Later [which was orderd to be entred
] lib2.fol] and was
desired to Doe the same concerning the former against the next Day. m
r Hooke gaue al
so an account in writing of the experiment concerning
. . .Decrea
se of Grauity the further a body from and below the surface the earth. orderd to be regi
stred.
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