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Feb: 19. 1679
The President S
r. Joseph Williamson tooke
the chair
The minutes of
the 12
th. were Read, wherein mention being made
of M
r Hides Letter. It was de
sired that D
r. Gale would take this oppor
tunity to write to D
r Hide vpon the matter conteind therein and
tht. a coppy should be made of
the Letter & there Referred to D
r Charlton
vpon the mention of M
r. Leuwenhoeks Diploma it was orderd that a Siluer
box should be forthwith prouided and that the Societys arms should
be ingrauen on it.
The President De
siring to see the things presentd the La
st day by m
r Hauton, they were bought in and Di
stributed, One to each member
present. And M
r. Hunt was orderd to p
ait vpon the frame of the
Paine of Gla
sse the Doner (m
r Morgan)'s name.
m
r Hooke Read an account of some Experiments made w
th on
munday La
st vpon a mixture of Siluer &
copper Lead, the
w
ch. Account was orderd to be enterd in the Regi
ster booke
And the Experiments to be tryd vpon munday next in the after
noon were appointed. vizt. 1
st. w
th. Siluer & Gold. 2
dly w
thSiluer & copper & 3
dly w
th Brasse & Lead. the time to begin
was to be 3 of
the Clock.
M
r. Packer Gaue an account of the way of conuerting Lead into
Litharge by
skumming
the melted Lead wth. a
skummer.
The Gla
sse that Had been made out of the Lead boyled out of
the Siluer was shewn and the weight of it giuen, compared both
to Lead, Common Gla
sse, water &c. which is in
serted in
theformer account.
Mr Henshaw gaue an account of
the way of making putty of
tin & Lead calcined
Two bookes brought by m
r Aubery from m
r Williams. were pre
sen
ted to
the Society. they were sent by John Bruinstein M.D second
Physitian to their Highne
sses the Prince & Prince
sse of Orange, &
to him were sent by m
r I: Swammerdam for this purpose as
appeard by a note inclosed
D
r. Gale was De
sired to addresse D
r. Bruinstein vpon this occasion
m
r Pappin shewd an Exp
t. w
th. the exhausting engine, the account whereof
he Deliuerd to the president which was to be regi
stred
D
r. Croon Related that that the Fetid phlegm remaining after the sp
t of Canary
had been extracted by Di
stillation, could not be sweetned by anything
soe well as by powring on it fre
sh Canary which did it immediatly.
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