Hooke Folio Online

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may. 20 1680

Mr. Haughton Presentd the skin of a Seale fish or Sea calf care
fully preserued & stuffed for the Repository.
He Receiued the thanks of the Society for his Present & It was orderd
to be put in the Repository & carefully preserved -

Mr. Hablon & Sr. Iohn Matthews being present at the mee
ting, Mr. Hublon Shewd a Certaine Stone taken sayd to be taken
out of the head of a Serpent, which was sent for by the King of
Bantam to the East India Company for a present, And the
Company not knowing the virtues & vses of it Desired to be Infor
med by this Society of wt. they knew concerning it, there were
none present that knew any thing concerning it but Order was
Giuen that some experiments should be made wth some part of
it and that Mr. Hablon should haue an account of the Successe
for this Purpose Dr. Crone, Dr. Grew & Dr. Tison were named &
they appointed to meet on Saturday next about it.
Mr. Hooke mentiond that there was some account giuen of it
in Mor. Taverners trauells. which was desired should be consulted
the tryalls to be made were on some Dogs bitten by vipers, or
that had taken opium or the venomous oyle of tobacco.
Mr. Hablon shewd a book printed 1582. in English, being a translation
of Hernando Lopes de Castanea's voyages & account of the east In
dies written in Portughese. in which some mention was made of
such a stone as good against Poyson but mentiond not the way
of vsing it

Mr. Astons Abstract of Mr. Leuwenhookes Letter to Dr. Gale was Read
Giuing an account of the small creatures he had found in the
Iuice of a vine which he supposes to be bread in it from the Rain
water that falls.
Mr. Colwall Related that Mr. Win had of Late much improued these
microscope Glasses.

Mr. Hooke Read an account of some obseruations he had made
on the haile stones which fell on tuesday Last being the 18th.
of this Instant may together wth. some coniectures at the manner
of their Generation.

The Instrument fitt for setting & vsing the Leuell was shewd