Record

RefNoCAP/1948/7
LevelFile
TitleCouncil Agenda and Papers for a meeting of Council on 8 July 1948
Date8 July 1948
DescriptionAgenda

1. Minutes of the meeting held on 10 June to be confirmed [Enclosure A]

2. Death

3. Arising from previous Minutes
3a. Minute 14 of 12 February 1948 [Enclosure B]
3b. Minute 14 of 6 May 1948
3c. Minute 5 of 10 June 1948
3d. Minute 9 of 10 June 1948
3e. Minute 12 of 10 June 1948

4. Honorary Librarian

5. Discussion Meetings

6. Special Lectures

7. Reports of Committees and Boards
i. Scientific Publicatins Board [Enclosure C]
ii. International Relations Committee [Enclosure E]
iii. Mathematical Tables Committee [Enclosure F]
iv. Medical Research Committee [Enclosure G]
v. Scientific Societies Accommodation Committee
vi. Scioentific Information Conference
vii. Warren Research Fund Committee
viii. National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

8. Sealing

9. Items of Agenda drawn up in the form of minutes which will become minutes of Council unless any objection as to form or principle is raised at the meeting
i. Amendment of statutes
ii. Mathematical Tables Assets
iii. Boyle portrait
Permission was granted to Mr O L Dick to reproduce in a new edition of Aubrey's 'Brief Lives' the Royal Society's oil painting of Robert Boyle by F Kerseboom, subject to the usual acknowledgments being made upon publication
iv. Folkes portrait
Permission was granted to the British Council to reproduce in 'British Book News' the Royal Society's oil painting of Martin Folkes by William Hogarth, subject to the usual acknowledgments being made upon publication
v. Register Book
Permission was granted to the editor of 'Endeavour' to reproduce page 103 of Volume I of the Register Book, subject to the usual acknowledgments being made upon publication
vi. Malpighi Manuscripts
Permisison was granted to Cornell Universdity Library to have photostat copiesd made of original manuscripts in the Society's possession of Malpigh's 'De formatione pulli in ovo' and 'Appendix to ove incubato', required by Professor H B Adelmann for his resedarch on Malpighi
vii. Archives
Permisison was granted to Professor J W Olmsted to have microfilms made of certain manuscript letters in the Society's archives by Oldenburg, Cassini and others between 1669 and 1673, subject to the usual acknowledgments being made upon publication
viii. Officers to act on behalf of Council
ix. Treasurer's business
x. Bills for payment

10. Other Business
Extent6p
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
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