553
Vol. 12.
Iuly the 5
th. 1682
Vol. 12.
S
r. Iohn Hoskins in
the Chair.
The minutes of the Preceding meeting were read
And Discoursed of. And the society De
sired that
m
r. Hooke would with what conuenient speed he
can print tho
se Di
scour
ses and Lectures Read
before the Society As al
so a more full De
scripti
on
and . . . . . . . of all tho
se seuerall In
struments
which he had this La
st year shewn the Society to
gether w
th. the Demon
strations of the Grounds
&
Eff Reasons ^ /& v
se/ of them. which he sayd he
. . . . . /was willing/ to doe
soe soon as he could find Leasure to fit them for the Pre
sse
He al
so now more particularly Explained that
Problem which he shew the La
st meeting concer
ning the nature of the Spirall of Archimedes &
the Tangent to any part thereof.
A Letter of mo
r Iu
stells to m
r Hooke was Read
wherein was an account of a new Inuention found
at Paris of making wood Incombustible w
th a
small charge An Experiment of w
ch. the ^/inuentor/ had shewd
the King of France
an Experiment at Ver
saill
w
th Good succe
sse. that the same vndertooke to
make a fire
ship of the Like nature. the same
al
so pretended to haue a way of preseruing all
sorts of fruites.
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