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RefNoCMB/90/2/7
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date21 December 1780
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the President; Sir G Baker; Dr Blagden; Sir J Burrow; Reverend Mr Harper; G Keate esq; Sir W Musgrave; Joseph Planta, Secretary; Sir G shuckburg

' This day being the day for the annual delivery of Papers, Mr Maty desired that it might be postponed to the next Committee. '

L'Abbe Diequamare's paper on Sea Anenomies still remains in Mr Maty's possession
1779
18 March Account of a new Species of Bark from Santa Fe by Mr Davila. Postponed
24 june An improvement of the Prismatic Micrometer by the Astronomer Royal. Postponed
1780
13 January New Experiments on Vegetation by Mr Frazer. Postponed
4 May Account of a process for obtaining a very fine kind of vinous spirit from Potatoes by Mr Anderson. Postponed
1 June Observations concerning the roots of adfected Equations by Earl Stanhope. Postponed
9 November (1) Natural History and description of the Tygea Cay. of the Cape of Good Hope by Dr Forster. Printed
(2) Memoir on the Nghoo a wild ox in the interior parts of the Cape of Good Hope with some occasional remarks on the tribe of oxen by Dr Forster. Not printed
16 November (1) Continuation of an account of the ossification of Thoracic duct by Mr Cheston. Printed
(2) Experiments and Observations on the specific gravities and attractive powers of various Saline substances by Mr Kirwan. Printed
7 December (1) Account of a piece of wood which has resisted the effect of the Saltwater worm by Mr Tenhouse [?]. Not printed
(2) An account of the Harmattan a singular African wind by Dr Dobson. Printed
14 December (1) Account of Accident by Lightning at Eastbourne by Mr Brereton. Printed
(2) A method of ascertaining very great degrees of heat, proposed by Mr Wedgwood of Bursham and communicated by Dr Priestley. Not printed

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