| Description | Present at the Council; Lord Brouncker, Sir Paul Neile, Sir Peter Wyche, Mr Aerskine, Mr Balle, Dr Wilkins, Dr Goddard, Dr Whistler, Mr Palmer, Mr Hill, Mr Colwall, Mr Hoskins, Mr Oldenburg
Mr Hoskins brought in the written reoport of the Committee for revising the Statutes of the Society;
' The 19th Decenber 1663. At the Committeefor reviewing the Laws. This Committee is of the Opinion, that it is the interest of the Society to have no compleat Body fo Laws; but that such Orders be from time to time made, as the State of Affairs shall nec4ssarily requite; And that the Lawes already made, be kept private. John Hoskins '
On receiving this report it was ordered that in pursuance of an Order fo the Council on December 21 the same Committee bring in their sence uon particular statutes.
His Majesty's reception was again considerd, and it was ordered that Sir Robert Moray, Dr Wilkins, Dr Goddard, Dr Merret, Dr whistler and Mr Hill be a Committee to prepare such experiments as may be fit for that purpose, and meet accordingly on Mondays in the after noon at Grsham College.
Ordered that all those of the Society who shall print any book of a philosophical nature by Order fo the Society, be asked to describe themselves on the title page as Fellows of the Society
Mr Hoskins proposed that the Society might print and sell to their advantage the books to be printed by any of their Fellows, and by their Order; it was resolved that this proposition should be considered again when any book of note shoudl be offered to the press by any Fellows. |