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of milk were all of Differing magnitude some smaller some greater. He mentioned al
so a
exp
t. of De Graff. of Iniecting milk into the veines of a Dogg & . Explaind the white
ne
sse of milk by a sort of milky sub
stance made by a Gumme Di
ssolued in Sp
tof wine & precipitated w
th. water. which would be filld w
th. small globular attomes
& look white.
D
r. Grew affirmed that he had a
ssigned the same cau
se of the whitene
sse
of vegetable milk in his Di
scour
se of
the anatomy of trunks.
tht the Globules of flegme were the same w
th tho
se of
the blood but tuffer &
greener &c- Part of this Letter not tranlated was Left till
the next Day
of meeting -
Then the President Presented the Society w
th. a very curious horne
of. . . commonly called A vnicorns horn being very intire &
in Length almo
st
nine /eight/ feet curiously wreathed & taperd to a sharp
point. It was at the greater end hollow like An elephants tooth
for about
. . . 7 inches in Length, the bigge
st part of it w
ch was about ^ /one foot from the/
the one. . . /hollow end where it/ was 8 - inches about. it had 8 wreathes in the Length &
was
almost /not/ perfectly straight but a very little bent w
ch. might be perceiue
if it were Lookd on end way. Its sub
stance was pretty white & about the
same hardne
ss w
th. that of Iuory.
He Receiud the Thanks of all the members present and the same was or
derd to be put into a ca
se and kept in the Repository.
S
r. Iohn Hoskins mentiond that there was lately a book printed concerning tho
se kinds of
Hornes, as also /it was/
. . . affirmd that Olaus wormius had
made giuen a De
scription
of it and of the fi
sh out of who
se snout it growes in his mu
seum.
D
r. Crone mentiond a Relation of D
r. Haines that _
m
r. Hooke al
so mentioned the Relation he had Rd from m
r. newland of the like
accident w
ch. happed to a ship wherein he was concernd, in its voyage from
the Straights mouth to Alicant from a sword fi
sh of w
ch. the Society hath
Receiud an account formerly _
m
r. Hooke produced his Exp
t. In order to explaine the pre
ssure of the air vpon
the Mercury in the Barometer. w
ch. was a large tube of gla
sse about 3 foot
long seald at one end & opend at the other this was filld w
th water pretty
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