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Oldenb: made motion in the name of some member of
the Society. (R Boyle only) That when any
of the same should haue a philo
sophicall notion or Inuention not yet made out, and
de
sire that the same seald vp in a box might be depo
sited w
th one of the secretary
of the society vntill they could be perfected and soe brought to Light. this
might be allowed for the better securing inuentions to the authors. This mo
tion was a
scented to but that such persons as de
sire this should be put in mind
to perfectthat they would indeauour to improue & fini
sh their notions & inuentions and after
a twelue month or thereabout produce them before the Society -
D
r. Godderd & RH to con
sider of Barometrick ob
seruations.
march 22. 1664/5 Exp
ts. about making birds liue w
th the steams from viniger &

and
oy
ster shells. RH. propo
sd air box for Diuer to be tryd. and RH to produce spectacles to see vnder water
Auzout acknowledged
the goodne
ss of campanys gla
sses. Exp
ts. of Re
spiration Refraction & falling bodys to be
pre
sented. & m
r Pepys De
sird to procure
the Iournalls of
the ma
sters of ships that had been w
th major holmes
in Guiney & Differd from him in the Relation concerning the Pendulum watches -
march. 29. exp
ts. of Refraction of water & oyle of Turpentine tryd. Ap. 5. fa
st
Ap. 12. 1665. Boyles book of cold to D
r Godderd. RH Reported
the air generated from oy
ster shells &

returnd
into Liqor. RH. O
d to pro
secute chariot w
th 4 springs & 4 wheels.
Ap. 19. Florentine poyson tryd. Auzout Ephemerides of
the comets pre
sented. Ea
st india gra
sse deliud
to RH for RS. Ap: 26. RH to meet at Coll Blunts to try chariot
may 3. 1665. RH producd /2/ modale of chariott 1 horse 2 wheels the 1
st man sitting before
the wheels &
the boy behind directing the chariott. 2 man sitting behind the boy before counterpoy
sd him.
may. 10. 1665. S
r. W Pettys Double bottomd ve
ssell. at Deal. RH tryd exp
t. of Dog in R
r. exhau
std
w
th. a perforation in his thx. Fryday next orderd to ob
serue the variation of
the needle at Whitehall
may. 24. RH Reportd Exp
t. of Refraction of oyle of Turpentine on water. m
r moneys letter about the Palmes
of sallows Read. the variation ob
serud nothing.
the King plea
sd w
th the Exp
t. orderd to try the injecting of
the blood of one dog into another.
R may. 31 RH appointed to Di
ssect the mon
strous colts head
a 2
d Letter of m
r moneys Read.
RH Iune 7. RH Reported the not growing of
oyl of letticeLettice seed in
the exhau
sted R
r. the Variation of
the needle to be further tryd. the Exp
ts. on Pauls to be
farther pro
secuted. D
r. Pope told of one at Paris walking on the water
and b w
th. Leather breeched blowd
full of wind & RH propounded such a girdle. RH mentiond his walking wheel. exp
ts. of
Refraction tryd w
th. water oyle of turpentine &c Iune 14. 1665. Zulichems Letter ^ /may 29 1665/
1 about Heuelius hauing printed 60 sheet in folio of
the late comet. and 2
d. difficultys propounded again
st RH
his gla
sse grinding in
strument. Exp
t. of variation to be again tryd. w
th. Philips & mar.
Iune 21. RH Produced his new sextant w
th. optick sights and a screw like diuiding compa
sses opening
an ojoynt. Prince Ruperts quadrant for sea w
th. a tricker Propounded by S
r. R moray.
the variation to be againe ob
serued D
r wren about Flying. RH sugge
sted that it was not
sufficient to haue a theory for the De
scent of an expanded area ^/of an expanded area perpendicularly downwards becau
se that the de
scent/ moued edgways horizontally in
the air was extreamly differing in w
ch. way all motion of flying mu
st be performed.
Iune 28. 1665. the society Di
scontinued &
the President ^ /& society vrged/
exorted RH to pro
secute his chariots
watches Gla
sses During this Rece
sse.
march. 14. 1665/6. Petits Book of
the comet Recommended to RH. D
r. Wilk & RH reported
about Chariotts. D
r wren & RH to amend this chariot. RH Gaue an account of his tryall
in a deep well. D
r. Dicken
son turned water into Earth
march. 21. RH brough in his Little quadrant w
th. a screw on the edge. m
r Colway gaue
the collection of Hathert. RH Reported
the sand Generated in the salt boylers in Hamb
shire
D
r. wren gaue RH De
scription of some french chariotts-
march 28. 1666. RH pre
sented his paper of ob
seruations of
the planet mars & of
the differing di
spo
sitions of
the air. RH produced scales in a box for finding the decrea
se and increa
se of attraction in
Load
stones. Apr: 4 RH audited accounts.
Apr. 18. 1666. there was Produced by m
r. Hooke a new kind of watch who
se motion is regulated by a
Load
stone the ballance of it being a Rod of
steel. concerning w
ch. the President Declared that this
way might be the be
st of all in ca
se the magnet kept the same temper.
Apr. 25. 1666. RH shewd by a terrella thathe lines of the magneticall attraction are ovalls
w
ch. touch in
e center of the magnet the axis thereof. he proud it by a small needle following
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