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of milk were all of Differing magnitude some smaller some greater. He mentioned also a
expt. of De Graff. of Iniecting milk into the veines of a Dogg & . Explaind the white
nesse of milk by a sort of milky substance made by a Gumme Dissolued in Spt
of wine & precipitated wth. water. which would be filld wth. small globular attomes
& look white.
Dr. Grew affirmed that he had assigned the same cause of the whitenesse
of vegetable milk in his Discourse of the anatomy of trunks.
tht the Globules of flegme were the same wth those 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 wth. a very curious horne of
. . . commonly called A vnicorns horn being very intire &
in Length almost 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 biggest part of it wch 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 wch. might be perceiue
if it were Lookd on end way. Its substance was pretty white & about the
same hardness wth. that of Iuory.

He Receiud the Thanks of all the members present and the same was or
derd to be put into a case and kept in the Repository.

Sr. Iohn Hoskins mentiond that there was lately a book printed concerning those kinds of
Hornes, as also /it was/ . . . affirmd that Olaus wormius had made giuen a Description
of it and of the fish out of whose snout it growes in his museum.

Dr. Crone mentiond a Relation of Dr. Haines that _




mr. Hooke also mentioned the Relation he had Rd from mr. newland of the like
accident wch. happed to a ship wherein he was concernd, in its voyage from
the Straights mouth to Alicant from a sword fish of wch. the Society hath
Receiud an account formerly _



mr. Hooke produced his Expt. In order to explaine the pressure of the air vpon
the Mercury in the Barometer. wch. was a large tube of glasse about 3 foot
long seald at one end & opend at the other this was filld wth water pretty

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