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CMB - Committee minute books of the Royal Society
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RefNo	CMB/90/2/8
Level	File
Title	Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers
Date	1 March 1781
Description	Present at the meeting: the President; Dr Blagden; Sir James Burrow; Reverend Mr Harper; George Keate Esq; Earl of Macclesfield; Reverend Mr MAty, Secretary; Reverend Dr Maskelyne; Joseph Planta Esq, Secretary; George Stevens Esq; Reverend Dr Hinton; Benjamin Way Esq; Samuel Wegg Esq For Sec ' The annual Committee for the delivery of papers was ordered to be postponed.' Mr Maty reported that after all the search possible he was not able to find L'Abbe Diequamaires paper on Sea Anenomes. On the ballot for Mr Pennant's paper on Earthquakes, the Balls appearing equal in each Box it was ordered to be put the first on the list of postponed papers. ' 1779 18 March Mr Davila Account of a new species of Bark from Santa Fe. Postponed 24 June Astronomer Royal An improvement of the prismatic Micrometer. Postponed 1780 13 January Mr Frazer New Experiments on Vegetation. Postponed 4 May Mr Anderson Account of a process for obtaining a very fine [illegible] of various spirits from Potatoes. Postponed 1 June EArl STanhope Observations concerning the Roots of a affected [?] equation. Postponed 21 December Mr William Hunter Essay on a new method of applying the Screw. To be printed 21 December Mr Pennant Account of the Turkey. To be printed 1781 11 Janaury N. Piggott Esq. Account of some double Stars discovered in 1779. To be printed 11 January Mr Piggott Account of a Nebula in Come [?] Borenices [?]. To be printed 11 January Dr Blagden Account of a Thuderstorm at Plymouth. Withdrawn 11 January Mr Herschel Astronomical Observations on the Rotation of the planets round their Axes made with a view to determine whether the Earth's diurnal Motion is perfectly Equable. To be printed 25 January Mr Rennell Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter [?] Rivers. To be printed 25 Janaury Mr Pennant Account of four Earthqquakes. The first to be considered 25 January Mr Pennant Account of the Bison. Not to be printed 1 February Mr Anderson Some attempts towards an universal Standard of weights adn Measures. Not printed 1 February Mr Smeathman Some account of the Formes of Linnaeus. Postponed 22 February Dr Blanes Account of the Hurricane at Barbados. Postponed
Extent	3p
Format	Manuscript
AccessStatus	Open

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