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Aprill the 3d. 1679.

mr. Henshaw the vice president tooke the chair

The minutes of March the     were read which gaue occa
sion to Disourse further concerning the writings of Ro=
ger Bacon.
Dr. Gale produced a paper conteining a Receipt or an
account of An Expert pretended to be made by him ^ /the said Bacon/ wth.
a hazell Rod, as it was transcribed out of a part of his
works calld Ars Experimentatis De motu naturali mirabilj
surculus vnius annj suscipiatur qui oritur juxta radices corulj
et secundum ejus Longitudinem diuidator, et separentur par
tes Diuisae per spatium palmae seu quatuor Digitorum.
et vnus teneat ex vna parte extremitates duarum par
=tium. et aluis ex alia parte semiliter. et semper teneat
aequaliter & Leuiter; Ita quod sicut partes in toto fuerant
contra se positae; sic teneantur infra spatium Dimidij mi
liaris, incipient partes virgae sibj appropinquare paula
=tim, sed fortius in fine, vt tandem omnino concurrant
et sint simul, extremitatibus tamen exeuntibus -
diuersis, quia per violentiam detinentium praepediuntur
et est hoc ualde admirabile - -

mr. Hooke was desired to consider of that paper to see if he
could Explaine the meaning thereof.

mr. Aubery was desired to write to mr. Anthony wood to
vnderstand from him wt account he Designed to Pub=
lish of Roger Bacon In his history of the Antiquitys
of Oxford now Printing in English -

mr. Hill mentiond a manuscript of Roger Bacon
that Dr. windet had in his custody entitled De
Dictis & factis fallorum mathematicoru & Daemonum
The vice Pret. was of opinion that the catalogue of his works were
not conuenient yet to be printed till a farther search had been made

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