Record

RefNoCMO/2/233
AltRefNoCMO/2/204
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society
Date4 November 1712
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: The President; Mr Waller; Mr Derham; Mr isted; Dr Mead; Dr Sloane

' Mr Bernoulli, Mr Molyneux, and Mr Turner were Ballotted for, to be proposed to be Elected members of the Society : Mr BErnoulli and Mr Molyneux were approved of, and Mr Turner was disapproved, and Dr Mead or Dr Sloane were desired to signify to him, that the Society desired to be father known to him before they chose him a Member.

Mr Waller was desired to lock up Mr Flamsted's Observations for last Year, till it be thought fit to print them.

Mr Hill, Dr Mead, and Mr Robartes, were Proposed, Ballotted for, and Chosen Auditors (for the Council) of the Accounts of the Society.

Dr Thorpe was Ordered to be paid Twenty Pounds for his half Years Salary due at Midsummer. This was Ballotted for and carried in the Affirmative.

Mr Hunt was Ordered to be paid Twenty Pounds for his half Years Salary ending July 14 last. This was Ballotted for, and carried in the Affirmative. '
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