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[In margin]Feb: 11.1662.3 The experiment of Respiration in warm water was made the operator
Re
spired 36 times in 1'.52". m
r. Hook 24 or 25 times in 1'.50". -
m
r Hooke propo
sed for next Day the Celerity of falling bodys.
Feb: 18. 1662/3. The exp
t. of the Refraction of a pri
sme in water was made by m
r Hooke and
he orderd to giue in the account thereof in writing. His account of the force
of falling bodys was read & orderd to be entred & he De
sired to pro
secute this Exp
tw
th. bullets of the same bra
sse metall to seuerall Diameters & ob
serue the time -
w
thall. The Exp
t. of the celerity of falling bodys shewing exactly
the time they will De
scend in at such and such Di
stances to be made by m
r Hooke
m
r. Ball D
r. Pope & m
r. Hooke were de
sired to bring in writing an account of their
seuerall obseruations of
the moons Late Eclip
se.
m
r. Hooke was orderd to bring in a Scheme of Exp
ts. concerning air both such
as haue been made already about that
subj subject and tho
se that shall occurr to him
further to be made concerning the Same.
Feb: 25. m
r. Hooke brough in a scheme of inquirys about air according to order and it
was Read; and the author was appointed to giue in such exp
ts. as may serue for the
Re
solution of tho
se querys, and to begin w
th tho
se that Relate to the fir
st head
viz
t the Con
stitution & sub
stance of the air.
march. 4. A Li
st of Exp
ts. concerning the Resi
stance of the air to bodys moued through
it was brought in by m
r Hooke & he appointed Curator thereof and to begin w
tha pendulum sealed vp in a gla
sse.
m
r Aubery presented the company w
th the Scheme of a Cart w
th Leggs in
steed of wheels
Devi
sed by m
r Frances Potter it was Referred to m
r Hooke to consider of it
and to bring in a Report again
st next meeting
march: 11. ( I suppo
se
tht I was w
th D Brounker S
r. R mory &c at sea)
march 18. (
vpon mentioning of the Distilling brewers frustration) here it was sugge
sted by m
r Hooke that
vrine Di
stilled before it is fermented yealds noe spirit at all.
m
r Hookes account of the Cart w
th Leggs brought in by m
r. Aubery from m
r Potter was Read
and the same w
th. some alterations was orderd to be sent to the author of this Inuention
together w
th. the thanks of the society. m
r Hooke was al
so orderd to draw vp a full
De
scription of this Cart together w
th. the scheme thereof to the end that it may be
entred. w
th the animaduer
sions vpon it
my L
d Brounker S
r. R moray & m
r Bruce brough in an account of the obseruations & Exp
tsthey had Lately made vpon the Riuer of Chattam (this account I made /see below &/) And my Lord
Brounker promi
sed to Adde herevnto some notes of his own. they had the thankes
of the Company. and the paper being Read was orderd to be entred:
march 25. 1663. The Exp
t of Purging water from air Did not succeed the
engine not being tight. orderd to be tryed againe next Day and -
then to try againe al
so how long a fi
sh will liue in water thus freed
from air. Item the celerity of falling bodys in a long gla
sse exhau
sted of
air. m
r Hooke to be Curator of the
se 3 Exp
ts.
& my Lord Brounker promi
sed to bring in next Day his notes of the Obseruations Lately made by him & S
r R moray
at Sea. S
r R moray D
r. Wilkins & m
r. Hooke were de
sired to be curators of trying
the two sorts of ve
ssells for the fetching vp of water from the Bottom of the Sea.
m
r. Hooke was sollicited to pro
secute the micro
scopicall Obseruations in order to publi
sh
them Aprill 1 1663. An account was guiuen of the Pnewmaticall
engine as it is now, which was orderd to be brought in writing together
w
th. Scheme of the engine by m
r. Hooke. water was purged of air
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