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to bring in some accounts he had of Exp
ts. made by S
r. Theodore
Mayerne that the Society might examine which of them were
considerable & fitt to be againe Examined. The Society De
sired
that he would produce such papers. and Spake of appointing
some persons to be appointed to examine them.
The President moued that all Exp
ts. might be examined by
a com
tee. cho
sen for that purpose.
S
r. Will
m. Petty
Queryed whether /De
siring that/ the operator might
next be
v
sed by him for the making
. . . . . /the apparatus/ and in the
perfor /tryall/
ming of some. exp
ts. to which
the President and Society agreed &
m
r Hunt was ordered to attend accordingly.
The same al
so mentiond it as a very de
sirable thing that euery
member of the Society would haue some aime or De
signe for
promoting the ends of the Society and that he would doe somewhat
in order to pro
secute that design. And wi
sht that they would prin
cipally aime at such Experiments or obseruations as might
proue. of Great & Immediat v
se.
The President acquaintd the Society that the councell had mett seuerall times
to consider of the best ways of carrying on the Di
signe of
the Society
and that they had made some orders concerning it which he
Desired /cau
sed to/ be read, And
accordingly they were read & the orderd that the Amanuensis should write them in a fair
sheet to Lye on the table at the meetings.
Then the Busine
ss of the Philosophicall Gazets was Di
scour
sed, and it was di
sired that the matter should be considered against
the next meeting of
the Society. That the Society should not
be entitled to it, that the volume should be
one /half a/ sheet in
^ /folio/, and not to be of more than 2
d price. this me
thod was supposd would much propagate naturall Philosophy
& the Engli
sh Language
The Printer to be discoursed w
th about this matter as to
the Number to be printed the paper & the Letter.
It was further Desired that It might be recommended to
the Councell to settle this matter.
The Exp
t. to be tryd the next Day was the examination of
the mixture of gold & siluer, and m
r Hill, D
r Brown m
r Berry
& D
r Croon were appointd a com
tee. to see the examination of it
on munday next at 3 in the afternoon at the operators Lod
gings - Sig
r. Vivianjs Booke from S
r. R. Southwell.
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