461
nou: 11th. 1680
neither the President nor vicepresid
ts being there S
r. Iohn Hoskins
was De
sired to take the chair
The minutes taken the La
st Day were Read wherevpon D
r. Crone
was De
sired to write to m
r Townly &
mr Co
ll Sharp to make obseruations
of the Barometer at the same time when he made them here
which he promi
sed to Doe. The
same al
so moued that there might
be a thermometer
sent to Collonell Sharp to obserue the changes
al
so of the heat & cold by that In
strument, m
r Hunt was therevpon
orderd to make one
m
r. Hooke Pre
sented two bookes he had Receiued from S
r Robert Southwell for the Society. viz
t. vivianus De maxi
mis & minimis. and the other De Duplicatione Cubj:
Thanks were orderd to be Returned to S
r. Rob: Southwell for
this his Pre
sent.
m
r. Aubery Presented a Book in 8. intituled Thomae Hobbes
Angli Malme
sburien
sis Philosophj Vita. thanks were -
giuen /him/ for his present.
m
r. Hooke Produced a ^ /large/ Letter which he had Lately Receiued
from Leuwenhook. it was written in Lowdutch but the contents
of the seuerall heads he read in an abtract. It was De
sired
that the Letter should be translated & an
swered.
m
r. Perry
brought in /shewed/ a Catalogue of m
r. Ents Bookes
Pre
sented to the Society It was De
sired that it should be
fairly written out to Lye in the Library.
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