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Vol. 9.
Nouember. the 4th. 1680
The Society vpon
summons /notice/ sent
out /to them/ mett againe at Gre
sham
Colledge after their Rece
sse for the Autumn.
neither the President nor Vice Presidents being there S
r. Robert
Redding was De
sired to take the chair.
D
r. Crone Produced a Letter sent to him from the Barbados
by
Col William Sharp. Dated Aug. the. 16
th. 1680. together w
th. an -
account of his obseruations of the weather, and of the mercuriall
Barometer sent ouer
by /to/ him thither by this Society - together w
th some coniectures of his own about the cau
se of the motions of that
In
strument.
D
r. Crone was De
sired to Returne him the Societys thanks and
to De
sire him to continue to pre
secute the
se obseruations and to com
municate them
. . . to this Society.
D
r. Crone De
sired that a coppy might be made of tho
se obseruations
to send to m
r. Townly. which was accordingly orderd.
D
r. Croon took notice that the changes /of the Barometer/ at
. . . . . the Barbadoes
were not soe great as at Tangier and tho
se at Tangier very much
Le
sse than here in England
m
r Hally affirmed that the changes al
so in the Barometer at S
t. Helena
was /were/ very Little and much Le
sse then tho
se at Tangiere, But that
the greate
st variations there were cau
sed by the N.W. windes
S
r. R Redding sayd that he had an account of seuerall obseruations
made at London & in
Ireland /Dublin/ at the same time -w
ch. he promi
sed
to produce.
There was al
so a paper of m
r. Townlys obseruations produced, And D
r.
Croon Related that he had found by them that the weather was /not/ the same
both here & there though the Barometers changes were /not/ different
m
r. Hooke produced a Letter from Mo
r. Iustell and Read it. Dated from
Paris Aug: 21 St.n. 1680. Giuing an account of an a
stronomicall In
stru
ment Inuented by mo
r. Romer for finding the Po
sitions of the heauens at
all times either pa
st pre
sent or to come
by performed by clockwork w
thin
to be turnd by the hand. al
so of an other such In
strument inuented by S
r.
Ca
ssinj but w
thout wheelwork and was to be set by the help of tables -
al
so
of . . otice that he had an account of a voyage made from mo
sco
to China in
the years 1674 & 1675. and some other particulars. the Cor
re
spondence was de
sired to be continued.
D
r. Crone Produced a Letter from M
r. Pullein from Rome w
ch. was Read. Giuing
an account of a new
academy Physico mathematicall accademy founded by Sr.
Champignj. that he would corre
spond w
th this society, that he had sent some tracts for a pre
sent. that he would continue to send such thing as come out of there which were curious
and Expected hence
sutable Returnes. as Boreilljs book soe soon as fini
shed. al
so it giues
an account of some things print
ed there. of a Bal
som made by Sr. Champini. It mentiond
al
so a parcell of Rare seeds sent by m
r. Vpton for Oxford from Bocconj. and of the Pouerty
of S
r. Bocconj and w
t would be an Incouragement to make further
search for naturall Raritys
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