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RefNoCMB/69/1/3
LevelFile
TitleMinute of a meeting of the Subcommittee of the Royal Society for conducting a Series of Experiments on the manufacture of Glass for Optical uses, relating to the permits of Messrs Pellatt and Green
Date3 June 1825
DescriptionPresent: Mr Dollond; Mr Faraday; Mr Herschel
Present by invitation: Mr Pellatt; Mr Green

Read minutes of the last meeting

Iron doors ordered for closing up the arches of the furnace

Proofs of parts of the pots taken in the presence of the Sub-committee

Mr Hudson directed to form a collection of the Specimens from the slags, broken glass and other products presenting any remarkable peculiarity, properly labelled

Ordered Furnace to be tested to the greatest intensity of heat

Mr Hudson ordered to enter these and the former and future minutes in a book to be kept for that purpose.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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