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by the said engine & m
r. Hooke was appointed to make the exp
t. of Mo
rZulichem of the not sub
siding of such water according to the Torricel
lian Exp
t. again
st the next Day. -
The Exp
t. of Exhau
sting the air from a fi
sh in water was tryed in the
engine whereby the fi
sh which was a tench was put into much Dis
order and boyed vp to
the vpper part of the water when he would sink
his eyes al
so swelling & standing out. the operator was orderd to ob
serue the fi
sh and how long she would liue after the exhau
sting
of the air. the Exp
t. to be tryd again next Day together with that
of the celerity of falling bodys in a gla
sse exhau
sted of air. -
(
A tench shut vp in a glasse wth. Lime liued 14 or 15 howres.)
major Homes Receiud a coppy of Directions for seamen by
the hands of the Operator
& m
r Hooke was
desired appointed to waite on the said Major and to Direct him
in the v
se of the said Balls and Leads for sounding w
thout a Line. and of the
cylindricall Ve
ssell for fetching vp water from the bottom of the sea.
m
r. Hooke was charged to bring in at euery meeting of the society one mi
cro
scopicall obseruation at the Lea
st.
m
r. Hookes paper concerning the Chinois cart w
th one wheel mentio
[In margin]33 ned by martinius in his Atlas Sinen
sis was Read and Di
scour
sed vpon
to be like a wheel barrow and orderd to be filed vp. -
D
r. wilkins made mention of a certaine In
strument like an vmbrel
=la to be v
sed in
steed of an anchor in fathom le
sse seas to stay a ship
in a storm as vpon other occa
sions. -
April 8. 1663. m
r. Hooke shewd the company the appearance of co
mon
mo
sse in a micro
scope. he was desired to continue. and again
st next Day
to haue ready the micro
scopicall appearance of the Little fi
shes in Vineger
m
r Hooke was orderd for next meeting to make the 2 exp
ts. of water purged of
air and of the De
scent of Bodys in an exhau
sted Receiuer. -
15. m
r. Hooke shewed
the company 2 micro
scopicall schemes one Repre
senting
the pores of cork cut both transvers & perpendicular. the other a ^ /kettering/
kettle=
ring stone appearing to be compo
sed of Globuls. and tho
se hollow ones
each hauing 3 coats sticking to one another and soe making vp one
entire firm stone. he was de
sired to obserue the bark of other trees ^ /besides cork/
and to write down all what he ob
serued about the
se & the like appear
ances. As al
so to bring in again
st next Day the Representation of the
Little fi
shes swimming in vineger. -
m
r Hooke appointed to continue the obseruations of the satellites
of
. as he hath opportunitys. And D
r. Pope to de
sire the Bi
sp of Exeter
to c
omunicate tho
se papers of m
r. Rooke wherein the said obseruations
are stated. Occa
sion being giuen to Di
scour
se of
the star di
scouerd by D
r. Palmer armi
ni
ster. S
r. R moray moved that a suruey might be made of
the starrs of
the Zodiack by
the best tele
scopes
for the Di
scouery of new starrs. and the Rectifying of
the places of starrs already known. for which pur
po
se S
r. R moray offerd him
self to take his share. m
r. Ball vndertooke the suruey of a whole signa &
m
r Hooke of as much as he Could.
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