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Ash Wensday. Feb: 16: 1680/1 The Society met not.

Feb: 23. 1680/1

Sr. Iohn Hoskins in the chair.
The minutes of the 9th. were Read.
vpon Discoursing of Staining amber wood & seuerall other substances
Dr. Crone affirmed that the black Stain of wood vsed for coaches, was
now obserued to Rot the wood, and vpon that account began to be
Disvsed in Coaches.

vpon the occasion of Discoursing about The phophorj produced former
ly by Sr. R. Southwell. Dr. Crone Related Some obseruations of his
. . own about the Shining of a cleane shirt when putt on very warme
and Rubbed wth. his hand . . . . . . . . . . . that he had often
tryed it and neuer found it to faile.

Of all fishy substances that shined the eggs of a Lobster that had
been boyled were asserted to shine the strongest.

vpon Discoursing of Redj's tract about spectacles it was conceiued tht
Roger Bacon might be the first inuentor of them for that
he had before the time mentioned by Redi Described them. as
will appear by his works.

A paper sent in by Sr. Rob: Southwell from mr. Crisp at St
Christophers was read, wherein he affirmed that hauing followed
the Directions sent him from hence for fitting his Barometer he
found that It had not varyd there vpon any change of weather
It was herevpon conceiued he had failed in the making of his
tryalls.
Dr. Crone affirmed that the Barometer in the Barbados varyed
but Little.
mr. Hooke acquainted the Society of his obseruation of the height of
the mercury on the 7th. of Ianuary Last. when by a paper which
he here shewd the 3 suns & seuerall Rainbows appeard in Swethland
which was that the mercury at that Instant had stood higher
than euer he had obserued it to doe before . though he had con
stantly taken notice of it for neer 20 years. that according
=ly he had caused mr. Hunt at that time to take notice of it
and measure it though he knew nothing of this Phenomena
till this Last week.
Dr. Crone brought in the seeds sent from Sigr. Bocconj. wt Part
of euery sort of wch. Dr. Tison was Desired to send to Dr. Plot
at Oxford. to be sown in the Physick Garden.

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