| Description | Present at the meeting: Sir Harold Hartley in the chair; Dr A C Crombie; Mr K R Gilbert; Professor A R Hall; Professor N Kurti; Mr F R Maddison; Dr J Needham; Dr C E Newman; Sir Harold Thompson; Dr W P D Wightman; Dr T I Williams
Dr Mary Holbrook attended by invitation of the Chairman
Matters discussed;
1. Minutes of meeting of 29 February 1968 [Paper NH/5(68)] confirmed
2. Handbook to the Collection of Scientific Instruments in Great Britain - report on progress by Mr F R Maddison and Dr Mary Holbrook
3. General Assembly of teh Division for the History of Science, IUHPS
4. International Cooperation in History and Technology Committee (ICOHTEC) - preliminary arrangements for the first ICOHTEC colloquium on 28 June to 5 July 1970 noted and discussed
5. Technological Museums - Professor A R HAll reported on a survey he supervised on 'Victorian Tecnology and its preservation in modern Britain' , which had been discussed at a meeting called by Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace on 19 November 1969. Professor Hall invited to summarize the conclusions reached at the meeting.
6. Research in the history of science
7. Harriot Papers
8. Bibliography of British mathematics and its application
9. Copernicus Committee
10. Education
11. Standing Joint Committee on Scientific Manuscripts
Recommendations to Council;
Minute 6 - That with reference to minute 14(d) of 17 July 1969 a grant of £200 be made from the Parliamentary Grant in aid (libraries assistance) to Professor A R Hall for assistance in research in the Royal Society Library in connection with the publication of 'The Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg'
Minute 8 - that with reference to minute 14 (d) of 17 July 1969 a grant of £500 be made from the Parliamentary Grant in aid (libraries assistance) to Mr P J Wallis, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne for research in libraries of societies in the United Kingdom in connection with the proposed publication 'Bibliography of British mathematics and its applications up to 1850'
Minute 10 - that a grant of up to £100 be made from the Parliamentary Grant - International Relations (Committees reports, administrations, etc) towards the cost of a survey on the teaching of the history of science, medicine and technology in Universities and Technical Colleges in the UK as a contribution to a world-wide survey being undertaken by the Division for the History of Science, IUHPS |