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mr Pouey promised to giue an account of the cherry /Goosberry/ wine he hath Late
ly made.
mr. Euelyn promised to bring in some of his ways of making cherry
wines and some other ^ /english/ wines
Dr. Grew was called vpon to bring in his paper about the Gutts wch. he had
shewd the former meeting -

S Theodore De uaux Related that there was Lately found at acton a water
which was twice ^ /or 3ce/ as strong as epsham water being very bitter

Dr. King sayd that vpon euaporating it he had found aboue double the
quantity of salt in it that he had found in Epsham water.

He also added that it was an ill custome to putt comon salt in such
waters by Reason to make it purge.
Dr. Gale said twas an ancient way vsed by physitians in AEgypt &
greece -
mr. Hooke shewed two Experiments. the first was the testicle of
a Lamb which being Dissected and the Liquor conteind in it
examined in a microscope it was found not to haue any liue
animalls but to be exceeding full of the small Globules - whether
there had been any creatures in it and were now dead by reason
the Lamb had been killed in the morning, or whether there were
not as yet any Liuing creatures in it the lamb being not come
to maturity for Generation . . . could not be Distinguished
But further tryall in order to this Inquiry was Desired to
be made on a young Lambs stone soe soon as the creature
is killed.

The same also shewd a second experiment which was wth the exhausting
engine of mor Pappin. And that was wth. a long helicall spring of
brasse wire extended by a weight hung at the Lower end of it, the vper
end of the same being fastned to the top of a long glasse cane.
out of this cane the air was well exhausted and the station & Length
of the spring was curiously obserued then the Air was Let in and the
same obseruations were made wth the same cane and it was found tht
the whole pressure of the air Did not in the Least alter the stiffnesse of
the spring, which cleered that Dispute whether the vnequall motion of
a watch Did not proceed from the alteration made on the spring by
the various pressure of the air therevpon.

mr. Pappin also shewed his way of exhausting small Glasses for the preseruing fruites
& keeping them tight by the help of a looking glasse plate ground true vpon the edge of the Glasse

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