631
Iuly the 29. 1691.
S
r. I Hoskins vicep
t.
(
Mr. Iohannes Gauppius who had brought a Pacquet fro Erhard Weigelius(
was admitted to be present at the MeetingThe minutes of the preceding meeting were Read
vpon Hookes producing the paper of M
r. Cellars and M
r. Houghtons obseruations thereupon
which he had Receiud since the La
st meeting from M
r. Houghton it was orders that the said
paper w
th the s
d Obseruations should be filed vp.
vpon mentioning the trees dug up in Cheshire &c. M
r. Hill added that there were many of
the like kind found in Diuers other parts not only of England as at about 30 miles
from hence in Hampshire where the country people split them out & v
se them for
candles, but ^/D
r. Gale affirmed that/ they are al
so found in Divers parts of the Low country france &
Germany.
R Hook shewd the Society an other book sent from M
r. Smith which they orderd should
be procured for their Library to witt Diarium Biogiraphicum Hennings Witten
He al
so brough in 7 Acta Eruditorum
from Sent to the Society from the Publi
shers at
Leipzick viz
t. the 7
th. supplement and the Acta of Nouember December 1690 and
of Ianuary February March & Aprill of 1691.
The Same presented the Society from M
r. Boyle a treati
se of his newly publi
shed
Experimenta & Obseruations Physico wherein are treated of seuerall subiects Relating to Nat: Philos
to which is added a Collection of strange reports. M
r Hooke was De
sired to Returne the Societys
thanks to the Noble Presenter. and to perv
se the same and giue an account of it the next
Day:
Then the Letter of Rei
silius which was omitted the La
st Day.
A Letter from M
r. St George Ash to
the Secretarys of
the R: Society Dated at Vienna Iuly the 9 St. V.
was opend and Read, wherein
was he acquaints
the Society of the Suce
sse of his inquiry about the
Di
scription & history of the Countrys and places
. . . lately conquered by the Emperor. and
Refers to a Letter Inclosed to the Society From Count Mar
silij collonell of the Engeneers for
the Emperor who is a noble man of Bononia the same
tht formerly writt a De
scription of the
Bosphores Thracicus. and who is now very De
sirous to be made a member of this Society
That there was a report
the Grande Seign
r. was dead that 40000 turks had pa
ssed the Draue.
that he had seen a plate of Bra
sse 14 inches Long 9 inches broad & 1/8 of an inch thick part of
which had been in the presence of
the Emper
r the Prince of Dietreck
stein & D
r. Becker
changed transmuted into Gold by a certain powder Layd on the plate made only Red Hott by Wineglaus
de Reinburg. Of a plant growing neer gro
s waredine Re
sembling Petro
selenum which
being eaten cau
ses to per
son to be a neer fool or Sot for 2 or 3 days. but then it works off w
thout
any other ill symtome.
Then the Enclosed Letter of Count Mar
silij being written in Italian was perv
sed by S
r Iohn Hoskins & the Contents thereof Reported verbally to the Company.
The Pacquet & Letter sent from Dr hardas Weigelius were opened and Read.
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