| Description | Present at the Council: Sir Joseph Willliamson President; Mr Colwall; Dr Grew; Mr Henshaw; Mr Hall; Mr Hill; Dr Holder; Sir John Hoskins; Mr Christopher Howard; Mr Robert Hooke; Dr King; Sir John Lowther; Sir Paul Neil; Dr Needham; Sir Jonas More; Sir Robert Southwell; Sir Christopher Wren; Dr Whistler
Ordered that the experiments suggested by the Curators shall be proposed a fortnight before the date they are to be performed so that objections, answers or confirmations may be thought of in a timely fashion.
Ordered that the Curators or any other person showing an experiment to the Society will explain the same and show its design and usefulnes.
A debate about making collections out of the Register or Journal Books in order to print them to be resumed when the papers and books are recovered by the Society.
Both the Secretaries to be employed in taking the minutes at the meeting but to be drawn up fair for the amanuensis to enter by one who is also to read them.
Ordered that a common letter be drawn up by the Secretary by the next Council meeting.
All letters to the Secretaries to be henceforth enclosed in a aer to the President Sir Joseph Williamson, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State.
All letters received shall be packed into a book in the order they are received and those thought suitable shall be fairly copied out into the Letter Book for that year. |