| Description | Present at the Council; Lord Brouncker, Sir Robert Moray, Sir Paul Neile, Sir Peter Wyche, Mr Aerskine, Mr Balle, Dr Wilkins, Dr Goddard, Mr Hill, Mr Colwall, Mr Hoskins, Mr Oldenburg
Ordered that the Secretary write to Dr Wallis and asked to press Mr Hide to translate Ulug-Beig, and not to transcribe the original until further order
Ordered that the Treasurer advance ten pounds to Mr Sutclif in part payment of the hundred pounds which the Society intends to give him for quitting his pretension to Chelsea College
Resolved that it is best to solicit his Majesty for the Grant of Chesea House and the lands belonging to it, both together: and to hold back on the request for the Grant of Chelsea House until an agreement is made about the land; it being best to have the house and the land passed from the Crown together in one Patent
Ordered that the Monday Committee call upon those that have undertaken to contribute experiments for his Majesty's reception to bring them in. |