4
m
r Hookes paper of enquirys to be made in Iceland was Read and it was
ordered that it should be entered and al
so Recommended by Coll. Tuke
to the Dani
sh Lord that was Lately Emba
ssador in England and gaue the
Society a Vi
sit
m
r. Hooke propo
sed an Exp
t. again
st next Day of shutting vp an animall &
a Candle together in a ve
ssell to see whether they would Dye at the same
time or not.
28 Ianuary 1662/3. m
r. Hooke made
the Exp
t. of shutting vp in an oblong gla
sse a burning
Lamp & a chick &
the Lamp went out w
thin two minutes the chick Remaining
aliue & liuely enough. The same brought in an account of some tryalls for
finding of the pre
ssure of the parts of water vpon one another and the Ela
stical
power of the air. It was read & orderd to be entred. mention being made
in this paper of a Diuing gla
sse seruing to giue a true account of the pre
ssure
of ^
the water at the bottom of the sea again
st air, he was orderd to try it in D
rgodderd Long ^ /wooden/ tube. - m
r. Hooke was orderd to haue a gla
sse made
that may serue in
steed of a Bladder to make
the exp
t. of Respiration
viz
t how Long the same air will serue to breath in w
thout any supply of
fre
sh air. The same is to try how long fi
shes will liue in the open air
and in a gla
sse full, and exhau
sted of air
Feb: 4. 1662/3. The Exp
t. of the force of falling bodys was tryed but the In
strument v
sed for th
tpurpo
se being defectiue m
r Hooke
the Curator of this Exp
t. was orderd to haue it better
fitted again
st next Day. and then to Repeat the Exp
t. -
29 The Exp
t. of Re
spiring the same air was made both in a gla
sse immer
sed in Cold water
and in a Bagg m
r. Ball Respired in the gla
sse 30 times D
r. merret 36. m
r Hooke 13
The Operator (Rich: Shortgraue) 56. but here the time was not obserued. Then the
same was tryed in a bagg. where m
r. Hooke re
spired 19 times in 1 1/4 minute
D
r. merret 76 times in 3 minutes. It was orderd to be made againe the next
Day in a gla
sse immersed in warm water.
m
r. zulichems Letter of feb: 3. 1662 was read and 2 exp
ts. mentiond therein viz
t. that of
the mercury sticking to the
finger, and that of the not sub
siding of water purged
of /from/ air were recommended to be made againe
to D
r Godderd
the former in a cane of a Le
sser bore then formerly & to Mr Hooke the Later
m
r. Hooke mentioning that the Refraction of Ice is Le
sse then the Refraction of water
was de
sired to giue an account of
tht Exp
t. in writing. -
Feb: 11. an Exp
t. of
the Refraction of Ice was made by m
r Hooke and an account of it by
30 him Giuen in writing which was Read & orderd to be entred. he was de
sired to try
it the next Day with a gla
sse of the same figure with the peice of Ice which he
v
sed in the Exp
t. of this Day. .
The force of falling bodys was tryed againe and one once falling at the Di
stance of /Lesse then/
half an inch & somew
t more than 1/4 of an inch moued 4 ounces. the same weight of one ounce
at
the Di
stance of 3/4 of an inch moued 8 ounces. at
the Di
stance of 1 1/4 - moued 16 ounces
at
the Di
stance of 1 1/8 did the same at
the Di
stance of 3 inches it moued 32 ounces at
the Distance
of 4 inches it moued 64 ounces and at 3 inches & a little more did the same.
m
r. Hooke was orderd to try this by him
self at home as exactly as may be and bring
in a written account of it next Day.
Some liue coles & a chick were shut vp in a gla
sse the chick after it had been kept in
it 2 3/4 minutes was taken out aliue & well but the coles were extingui
shed aboute
a minute 'afore. D
r. Pope was orderd to Recommend to D
r. wren from the
society the continuance of the obseruations of the Eclip
ses of
s satellites and him
self together w
th.
himself[M]
r Ball & m
r Hook & were De
sired to joyne in the same work.
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