| Description | Present at the Council; Lord Brouncker, Lord Berkley, Mr Howard, Sir Robert Moray, Sir Paul Neile, Sir Anthony Morgan, Sir Peter Wyche, Mr Aerskine, Mr Balle, Dr Wilkins, Dr Goddard, Dr Whistler, Mr Hill, Mr Hoskins, Mr Colwall, Mr Oldenburg
Mr Balle's accounts were referred to the next meeting
Ordered that a Sele press be made, and that the President and Sir Robert Moray to take care of it.
Ordered Dr Merret and Mr Hill to inform the Secondaries of London with the power fo the Royal Society for demanding bodies for dissection, and to show then theat part of the Society's Charter which gives them that power.
Ordered that the Operator meets Sir Anthony Morgan to acquire the warrant of demanding a body for dissection, and bring the same to the President to sign and seal it.
Ordered that Dr Croone and Mr Colwall to have a copy, drawn by the Amanuensis, of the 'Experiments and Observations to be made in Teneriffe' as they are registered in the book of the Society
The report referring to the Satutes was referred to the next meeting.
The President informed the Council that Mr Hook's invention, shown to Sir Robert Moray and Dr Wilkins, could prove very beneficial to England and the world, but further experiments were necessary to be certain, and before the invention was made public. This could require some expenses which should not be put upon the inventor. It was ordered that the President, Sir Robert Moray and Dr Wilkins, have power to use any sum under ten pounds for this purpose.
Mr Jonas Moor informed the Council with Sir John Lawson's wish that they appoint a committee to examine Mr Greatrix's diving instrument, or to direct a good way for staying underwater for a considerable time, to lay the foundation of the Mole at Tangier, at the depth of 4 or 5 fathoms. Mr Greatrix was called in, and the proposal being put to him he submitted to such an examination, provided, that Sir John Lawson would assume the cost of having a new instrument made, and promise him such recompense as they would agree on in case it be certified by the Committee that it will perform as desired. It was thought best that Greatrix should provide a man to perfor mwhat was expected from his engine.
The President and Sir Robert Moray were asked to view the old instrument of Greatrix.
The Commission for the Printers was sealed and delivered, but left with Dr Goddard to be better sealed at the next meeting than could be done at this meeting by reason of haste. |