66
Oct. 31. 1667. (m
r Euelyns tables) to m
r Hooke) D
r. Lowers account of tying the vena caua to giue a dropsy to a dog) tying
the Iugulars) D
r. King tryd
the same but fayled.) D
r. Lower
tht making the Receptac: chylj. will make the Lungs adhere to the side
The Curator produced 2 in
struments of his own contriuance. one he calld a perfect wheel work
soe made as aequally to communicate the strength of the first wheel to the La
st the teeth of it being
always taking soe as before one tooth hath done taking its pa
st a good way into another. the other
was an In
strument for obseruing the Diameters poistions & angles of the starrs conceiud to be more
plaine and ea
sy and le
sse chargable than that of m
r Townly he was de
sired to bring in his account of both
in Writing and to take care that m
r Townly who had formerly c
omunicated to the Society an Intrument
for the like purpo
se might be made acquainted w
th. this new contriuance the magneticall exp
t. which was
tryed the La
st meeting with a seeming succe
sse was tryed againe this Day but succeeded not at all.
The Curator was de
sired to giue this in writing the vnsuceeding Exp
t. being as well to be registred as tho
se
tht Succeed. (m
r Collins of che
sshire salt.) m
r. Hooke was desired to draw vp querys concerning salt that
might be giuen to him that had giuen m
r. Collins an account of salt makers) D
r. Allen Scrupelling the transfu
sion tryall m
r. Hooke was de
sire to meet him at S
r. G. Ents hou
se w
th some other physitians)
Expt. for next day Nou: 7. 1667. D
r. Lower tying Iugular) The curator speaking againe of this Exp
t. of pa
ssing the blood of an
animall from one side to another w
thout pa
ssing through the Lungs & shewing his contriuance for per
forming was orderd to try it first in priuate and Lea
st there should fall too much air vpon the blood
mouing openly into the porrenger from one side to the other it was sugge
ster that a kind of couer
should be prepared for the porrenger to regulate the quantity of the air (the minerall paper of colepre
sse
(Colins di
script of double horiz) some sheets of quad: p
rsent)
It was orderd that a descr being moued that
a scheme & Description of m
r. Townlys a
str: In
strument should be brought in by m
r Hooke and entred
answer was made that both were ready & in the hands of
the Secretary who promi
sed to produce it next day
The Curator being called vpon for the scheme or module of the new cyder making In
strument & not hauing
it Ready was de
sired to haue it next meeting) (D
r Ball helmet & eagle stone.) D[r. Lower sayd he would short
ly giue an account of his Exp
ts. by the pre
sse) S
r. Theod. Deuaux paper of salt making.) -
Nou: 14. 1667. Heuelius letter. Oct. 21. 67. of his cometography almo
st finisht. de
sires Longe
st telescopes and a full de
scription
of it formerly promi
sed by m
r Hooke
and of applying tele
scopicall sights to sextants thereby the better to regulate and a
ssi
st
[In margin]Vz the sight in the mea
suration of the Di
stances of starrs. The company though good that the
se de
sires
should be complyed w
th. as much as might be and did particularly de
sire m
r Hooke to be mindfull
of his promi
se concerning tho
se sights (D
r. Lower account of tying iugulars) of perforating diaphrame)
Exp
t. of making blood circulate from Iugular artery to Iugular veine on the same side. succe
sfull)
The curator Related that his exp
t. for making the blood of a dog pa
sse from one side to another
without pa
ssing through the Lungs had not succeeded in the ways he had tryd hitherto but that he
had thought of another method which he would further consider. he was de
sired to giue in writing the parti
culars of the operation & what hinderd
the same (D
r. Lower account of Ductus chiliferus by which
the blood chyle pa
sses to
the heart. m
r Hookes account of townlys In
str: read & orderd to be regi
stred together
w
th. the schemes. it was al
so orderd that one of the Astronomicall Instr: for diuiding a foot into many thousand
parts as contriued by m
r. Hook should be made by mo
r Heuelius at the charge of the society.
and sent to him as from them by m
r Oldenburg. mention being made that nouember the 20
th next
there would be an horizontall Eclipse of the moon. It was ordered that M
r Ball & M
r Hook: Should
make Obseruations accordingly. (m
r. Collins his Account of the double Horizontall Dial & the reuer
se
nouem: 21. 1667. D
r. Lower D
r. King M
r. Ray. M
r Hook M
r Collins Auditors of the treasurers Accounts.
Coga. agreed for transfu
sion) Pope Soapy Rock. Anatomicall Exp
ts. noe Ecclips Obserud. -
Nou: 28 Coga's Account of him
self since transfusion. The Curator being called vpon for an account
of the exp
t. of pa
ssing the blood from One side to the other w
thout pa
ssing through the Lungs, said he
had attempted it but it suceeded not soe well. but that he thought he had now deui
sed a
way contriuance to make it succeed as desired of which he hoped to giue a good account the next
Day. (Boyles Exp
t. about light) to be tryed next day) m
r Howard sweet smelling Earth -
m
r. Ball Rotten willow with Wormes in theca's: D
r Smith said at Ancona shellfish in Clay: al
so
vpon the Coa
st of Languedock & in Cornwall.) metred: Speeds Letter about Artificiall spaw. S
r Vincents
Rock &c.) Slu
sius letter of reducing a biquadratick into 2 quadratick aequations by a circle & Parabola
Wallis his Letter about the Iulian Period.
nouemb: 30. 1667. Election day.
Dec: 5. 1667. Account of Coga's transfu
sions by D
r. King) Hogsden sweet earth) norwood letter from Bermudas
of I
u: 18. 67. of tides whale fishing. fresh & salt springs) Heuelius pacquet. nou: 5. 1667. of succinum. cold, making potashes, sal gem.
[In margin]Vz. transfusion, and about telescopes. orders about Letters Registring) m
r. Boyles paper of light) The Curator was put in mind of pre
paring for exp
t. of this kind to be made as soon as it might be according to the particulars appointed
the La
st Day.
(m
r. Potters way of measuring time by an air
strainer) The curator was de
sired to consider of it and to giue
his thoughts concerning it at the next meeting (Smethwike the same who R
d it from S
r. Ed: Lake chancellor of Lincoln
Transfusion the next Day and emittent animall to be weyed.
Dec: 12. 1667. Transfusion tryed again on Coga) the re
st of m
r. Boyles paper of Light) orderd that __ the curator
should take care to haue the like exp
ts. tryed before the Society as soon as he could procure any shining rotten
wood or fi
sh (D
r. D Coxes paper of Hogsden sweet earth) The curator being called vpon for giuing an account
of w
t he thought of the way of measuring time brought in the Last Day by m
r Aubery & m
r wild sayd that
though the inuentions were ingenious and as he thought new yet that by reason of the Inaequality of
e air
causd by the various degrees of its Rarification & conden
sation as al
so of its dryne
sse & moysture it would not be
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