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Ian. 9th. 1678/9.
The President w
th S
r. I Louther. M
r. Creed. M
r. Thin ^ /m
r. Henshaw m
r./ & seuerall
others went vp into M
r. Hookes Turret to see the further progress
that had been made in the Clock contriued by m
r Hooke
for keeping an account of the seuerall variations of
the weather. the w
ch. was well approued by them
The President tooke the chair -
The minutes of
the La
st meeting viz
t of Ian: 2
d were read
wherevpon mention was made
of by the President of conti
nuing and promoting correspondence w
th. forrein parts, and
It was desired that the proposall made by m
r. Hooke shoul[d]
be further considerd of by the councell in order to the
promoting that De
signe -
vpon the mention of gold powder &c. m
r Henshaw furth[er]
obserued that all Gold that was not found in Riuers was
found imbodyed in very Hard Stones and soe seemed to be
generated in them. He al
so tooke notice that such as wa[s]
found in Riuers was for the mo
st part found in such
paparts of them where they made any considerable ben[d]
or turning or eddy
The Que
stion concerning the figure of Du
st or sand Gold
was farther Debated, and it remaining yet a Doubt wh[e]
ther It were found soe figured as had been supposed of
regular figures. It was further De
sired that m
r. Hooke
should Indeauour to get a sight of some Dust Gold and
examine the same w
th. care to see and De
scribe the mo
st
v
suall figures thereof.
vpon a di
scourse about the minerall of copper. S
r.
Iohn Louther Related that there was a sort of mineral[l]
found in Cumberland which seemd to be a very rich Co[p]
-per ore, but that hauing sent the same to be tryd here at
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