| Description | Present at the meeting: the President; Richard Henry Alexander Bennet Esq.; Henry Cavendish Esq; Dr Gisborne; Mr James Horsfall; Dr Hutton; Reverend Dr Maskelyne; Reverend Dr Maty, Secretary; Sir William Musgrave Bart; Joseph Planta Esq, Secretary; Reverend Dr Stebbing; Dr Warren; Samuel Wegg Esq. F.V.P.
Drawings of Mr Nairne's paper on Electicity presented by Dr Maty
L'Abbe Decquemaire's paper on Sea Anenomies still in his possession
1779 March 18 - Account of a new Species of Bark from Santa Fe, by Mr Davila; postponed
1779 June 24 - An improvement of the prismatic Micrometer, by the Astronomer Royal; postponed
1780 January 13;
1. New Experiments on Vegetation, by Mr Frazer; postponed
2. Experiments on the compressibility of water on the oculus mundi, and on aa new animal acid byt Professor Crell; the first and second parts (the account of the new compressibility of watere and that of the oculus munde) withdrawn by the President, ' on the part of Mr Cress', remainder ordered to be printed
1780 January 20 - Observations of the Lunar eclipse of the 23 November 1779 by Mr Toaldo; not printed
1780 January 27;
1. Case of a woman who had the small pox during pregnancy, by Mr John Hunter; printed
2. Paper on the placenta by Mr John Hunter; not printed
1780 February 3 - A letter from Mr John Hunter to the Secretary in which he claims the discovery of the structure of the placenta; not printed
1780 February 10;
1. Abstract of a Journal kept by Dr Thunberg during his voyage to and residence in the empire of Japan; printed with the translation
1780 February 17;
1. Account of some experiments on the poison of Lamar and Ticunas by L'Abbe Fontana; printed with translaton
2. Letter from Mr John Hunter in answer to Dr Hunter's letter; not printed
3. An account of an appearance in a mist by Mr Coolmer; printed
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