Description | Present at the Council: Sir William Petty Vice President; Sir John Lowther; Sir John Cutler; Sir Christopher Wren; Sir Paul Neile; Mr Henry Oldenburg
Council considered that to make the Society prosper, in the first place good experiments must be provided to make the weekly meetings well attended and that the expenses for making these experiments must be secured by legal subscriptions for paying the contributions. When done, the Council could with confidence proceed to eject useless Fellows. |