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Feb: 25. 1679/80
The President in the chair
M
r Hooke Presented
a Book from m
r. Boyle A booke of his
which he had Lately Reprinted w
th. many additions viz
t his Scepticall
Chymi
st. m
r Hooke was De
sired to Returne the Thanks of the Society
to the Noble Authour, and the com
tee. for Exp
ts.were De
sired to
Perv
se the said treati
se and to giue an account thereof to the
Society & to see w
ch. exp
ts. therein Conteind were fit to be
shewn
at the meetings.
The com
tee. of Exp
ts, were m
r. Hill m
r. Colwall m
r. Henshaw M
r Euelyn
m
r Aston D
r. Gale D
r. Crone D
r. Brown m
r Hooke m
r Perkin -
m
r. Hooke
appointed De
sired they would meet vpon monday next
in the afternoon when he De
signd to try Some exp
ts. of weighing
m
r. ^/Thomas/ Firman was introduced, he subscribed the
Ingagement to theSoc Conditions of Admittance & was admitted by the President
The President, Presented from D
r. Beckervs a Book of his Lately
Publi
shed & Dedicated to this Society
being Entitled I. I. Bechori D.
De noua tempori dimetiendj Ratione et Accurata horologio
r constructione theoria & Experien
tia, ad societatem Regiam Anglicanam in Collegio Greshamensj Londini Ian: 1680.
It was De
sired that the Authour should haue the thanks of the Society should be returned him
M
r Flamstead Gaue an account that he had peru
sed the booke, and that he
conceiued there was very Little in it that was significant for the De
signe
.. w
ch it was intended for, that the alteration by Rarefaction & conden
sation, would doe more harm than good, that he conceiued if he had applyd
the Barometer it would haue been more significant
M
r Hooke mentiond that one part of the De
signe namely the taking
of all inequality of
. . . . . . . /force/ from the pendulum he had long since shewd
compleated and perfected to this society when they met at Arundell hou
se
as would appear by their Regi
sters; and that this authour had only
supposed /asserted/ there was such a way but had not shewn w
t.
it w his way was
that some other of the ways he had there propo
sed he conceiued to be much in
feriour to those already practi
sed.
M
r. Flamstead was de
sired to bring in an account of his obseruati
ons about a
Late /strange/ tide that had lately hapned which he promi
sed to doe
The same al
so Gaue an account in writing of an obseruation w
ch he had made w
th. the Societys needle at the obseruatory of Greenw
ich viz
t. that it varied
4 about 4
o or 4 1/4 Degrees at most to the we
st
D
r. Charltons Letter being coppyd was deliuered again to m
r Colwall
M
r. Hooke Gaue an account of the tryalls made vpon munday La
st and
al
so of the method he had made v
se of to adiust on the weights
. . . . . . . use of for suceeding Exp
ts. by Dividing Extended wires
&c into Graines half graines quarters eights &c.
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