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may. 29. 1679.
m
r. Henshaw vice P
t. tooke the chair
mo
r. Pappin as he had been de
sired the La
st Day by the Society
produced three Gla
sses of liquors made by his tryalls vpon
wheat Barly & malt Boyled after his new way to see
what effect It would haue on liquors, they were found
to be very strong tinctures of tho
se sub
stances but
being but small qu
atitys and not fermented Little
could be Determined concerning them
Then the minutes of may the 22
d were read. wherevpon
m
r. Henshaw produced a peice of the Harts horne w
chwas soe very soft the Day before; Now hardned againe
to a very great hardne
sse & very white, but vpon scra
=ping of it 'twas obserued to be much more brittle
then common harts horn the greate
st part of the Gluti=
nous gum thereof hauing been fetcht out of it by
the Boyling. neuerthele
sse It was supposed that the same
as al
so Iuory might be very v
sefull in mechanicall
matters
where by reason of its easine
sse to be carued &
shaped when soft & its hardning againe soe quickly to soe
great a degree w
th whitene
sse (q
y whether it may not be
Dyed into various colours when soe softned
) or after it
is againe hardned)
mo
r. Pappin then produced some calues feet Dre
ssed after the
same manner, which being examined were found to haue
the bones thereof softned as the Harts horn was the La
st
Day, and the flesh thereof was not w
thstanding very well
ta
sted and /as/ firme
if as if Boyled the common way.
He was thanked
for thanked for his Exp
ts, and De
sired to commu
nicate /___/ to the Society what further pro
secution he made
of this his new Inuention.
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