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Iune 28. 1665. (Sr. Rob: moray.Loughneach Stones.) orderd that the Curator doe try to dissolue this stone with
aqua fortis to see whether any minerall be conteined in it, & that he try also whether it will burne
(Sr. Theo: meyhernes papers to preserue timber from putrefaction. to salt beef well, Resolued that the meeting of
the Society be Discontinued till summond to meet againe. - mr. Hook was vrged to prosecute his
chariots, watches, glasses, during this Recesse.


march 14. 1665/6 (The society met againe vpon summons) mr. Boyles hydrostaticks presented) mor. Petit of the comets.
The reading of which was recommended to mr Hooke and he likewise desired to giue an account of it to the company.
(virginia silkwormes pods as big as hen eggs. 4ll of them yeald 1ll of silk whereas 7ll. of the ordinary yeald noe more) seed from a
bermoodas tree 8 foot high. both purging & vomiting. 3/4 of the seed oyle souerain for aches and good for common vse
(news of an Inuention to destroy ships comming from Florence) Dr. wilkins & mr. Hook gaue account of the business of the
chariotts. vizt that after great variety of tryalls they conceiued they had brought it to a good Issue, the defects found
since it came to London being thought easy to be remedyd. It was one horse to draw two persons with great
ease to the Riders both to him that sits in the chariot and to him that sitts ouer the horse vpon a springy saddle -
that in Plain ground 50ll pound weight descending from a pulley would draw this chariot with two persons
whence he inferred that twas more easy for a horse to trauell with such a weight draught than to carry
a single person. That Dr. wilkins did trauell in it and did beleiue it would make a very conuenient
post chariot. It was orderd that Dr. wren & mr Hook should Ioyne in mending what might be amisse in
this chariot and Indeauour to bring it to perfection. mr. Hooke gaue some account of what Expts. he had
made by weighing of bodys in a ^ /very/ deep well, and aboue ground, and that he had found noe difference in their
weight in those differing places. he was orderd to bring in these Expts. in writing. (Sr. R moray account of trying
Lead oar) history of masonry). mr. Dan Cox, account of tryalls of salts, supposes all salts originally sea salts differenced by mixtures
He was vrged to goe on vigorously in soe noble a subject and to desire in it the conjunction of mr Boyle Sr R moray. mr Henshaw
Dr. Goddard. mr. Hook. (Dr. Clark about transfusion.) Dr. Dickenson at Oxford had turned 3 or 4 ounces of water into soe much
earth wthout addition) of hardning tooles in water made out of .) Dr. Dickenson kept a toad 6 monthes wthout food
It Dyed & turnd to a gelly out of that gelly next year 2 toads. Soe kept also, which dying turned to water but produced noe more toads
(wallis tht. musick expt. were tryd at Oxon.
March 21. 1664/5 (Charleton of verminating air and about the plague) mr Hook brought in a small new quadrant
which was to serue for accurately diuiding degrees into minutes & seconds and to performe the effects of a great one
It has an arme mouing on it by the meane of a screw, that Lyes vpon the circumference but the compleat Descrip
=tion of it was referred to the Inuentor. The same presentd a paper which was Read. conteining some Expts
[In margin]  of Grauity made in a deep well in Surrey neer Banstead downes, wherevnto was annexed the scheme of an Instrument
for finding the Difference of the weight of any body placed on the surface of the earth or at a considerable
Distance from it either vpwards or downwards. It was orderd this paper should be registred and that Expts of
[In margin]-:-  this kind should be prepared for next meeting. in order to wch. Sr. Robert moray was desired to accomodate the
Curator wth. his majtys. Loadstone being in his Custody. (Lead out of litharge) mr. Euelyn Ashes rained in
the archipellago. .) 45 sorts of mosse). Dr. wilkins moued that a comtee might be appointed to take
care of the well ordering preseruing & increasing the stock of the Repository. orderd that Himself mr Colwall
mr. Euelyn Dr. Godderd. Dr Charlton mr Hall Capn. Cock mr. Harrington mr Grant & mr Hooke or any three
or more of them doe constitute that Comtee. and begin their meetings on munday next in the afternoon in
mr Hookes Lodgings, continuing the same from Day to Day at that time & in that place -
[In margin]Vz   . . . . . . . . . mr. colwall the publike thanks of the society for the generous purchase he had made
for them of soe good a collection of naturall things for their Repository and that this Guift should be
particularly expressed where he is Recorded a benefactor to the Society.) mr Hooke Related that
in the salturnes in Hampshire he had Obserued that a good quantity of sand towards a gallon was
separated from the cleer sea water in the boyling it vp to Salt which sand was collected out of
[In margin]Vz   the Corners of the Iron vessell wherein the said water was boyled. (hardning tooles for cutting porphury
in Distilld water of Branca vrsina or Bears breech). case hardning done by hoofs soot & bay salt
Dr. wren & mr. Hooke being asked what they had done in the matter of chariots since the perfecting
thereof was Committed to them. Dr. wren answered he had Giuen mr Hooke the description of those
they had in France./
march. 28. 1666. (vote for election day Aprill the 11th. next) mr. Hooke presented a paper conteining
some obseruations made by himself of the planet mars. in the face whereof he affirmed to haue
Discouered in these 2 last monthes of february & march both that there are seuerall spotts & that
they change their place and Return not vnto the same position vntill the next ensuing night neer
about the same time. Collecting thence that mars as well as Iupiter the earth &c doth moue about
his own axis in about 24 howers. To which he added his obseruations concerning the differing disposi
tions of the air, as to its more or Lesse fitnesse to see through it affirming that oftentimes a very bright
sky was altogether vnfitt for obseruation, but that when it had fewer inflecting vapours dispersed through it
it was then most transparent, and consequently most proper for it. wherevpon the president took notice to the

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