Record

RefNoCMO/2/188
AltRefNoCMO/2/156
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society
Date3 November 1708
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: The President; Mr Bemde; Mr Hill; Dr Slaone; Dr Cockburn; Mr Wren; Mr Foley; Dr Mead

' Sir Edward Laurence and Mr Hutchinson were proposed, balloted for, and approved of as Candidates to be elected Members of the Society.

It was ordered that Mr Hauksbee should go on and show Experiments for the next Year, and that the Councill of the Society will pay him as he deserves. It was desired that Mr Bemde should signify the same Order to Mr Lowthorp.

The Catalogue of the Members was ordered to be printed against Saint Andrew's day, leaving out the dead and putting in the new chosen.

It was ordered that 30 shillings should be paid for the Repairs of the Library and Repository. '
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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