Record

RefNoCMO/2/232
AltRefNoCMO/2/203
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society
Date26 July 1712
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: The President; Dr Mead; Mr Morland; Dr Halley; Mr Waller; Mr Isted; Dr Sloane; Mr Petiver

' Dr Bower Professor of the Mathematicks at Aberdeen in Scotland, and Signor Joseph Averini Prof. Pisan. were Ballotted for and approved of to be proposed for Members of the Society.

Mr Hauksbee was ordered by Ballot Thirty Five Pounds for his pains and trouble for the last Years Experiments shewed before the Society.

Mr Hunt was ordered to have Bonds for Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds of the Society, being Money he lends to the Society for discharging Mr Waller's Debt.

The President, Mr Waller, Mr Pitfield, Dr Mead, Mr Aston, and Dr Halley, were appointed a Committee to put in a decent order the Meeting Room of the Society against their next Meeting after the Vacation. '
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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