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RefNoCMB/1/13/15
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Committee for the improvement of Glass for Optical purposes
Date12 February 1827
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: William Hyde Wollaston MD, Vice President of the Royal Society in the chair; Mr Baily; Mr Children; Mr Dollond; Mr Gilbert; Captain Kater; Mr Herschel; Mr Pellatt; Mr Warburton

Minutes of the last meeting read

Specimens of glass made by fusion described in detail.

Resolved three pots of Glass to be made in their glass furnace in Holland Street, and specifies how this to be done.

Reswolved that a regular series of preliminary experiments to be done without loss of time to determine 'the most effectual mode of lining pots, to resist the action of lead, by the employment of Alumina, bone-earth, Magnesca, or other proper material, and that Mr Cooper be applied to execute such experiments under the direction of the Committee. '
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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