Record

RefNoCMO/2/83
AltRefNoCMO/2/79
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society
Date27 November 1689
DescriptionPresent at the meeting; Sir John Hoskyns Vice President; Mr Hill; Dr Slare; Mr Perry; Mr Haines; Dr Tyson

' Mr Hill reported that he had paid Mr Chiswell his bill of £14..8..6d, and could obtain no other abatement than of the odd mony, eight shillings and sixpence.

Ordered that Dr Moulin have a Book de Pisces presented him as a mark of the Societys respect.

Ordered that Mr Hunts Salary be paid him, being 20 pounds, due on July 14th last past.

Dr Stanley Keeper of the Closet to the Queen and Mr George Moult the Chymist were proposed Candidates by Dr Slare and Mr Joseph Ralphson by E. Halley, and being ballotted they were all three approved for Election.

Mr Hook having propopsed that he would be willing to print treatises in the Nature of Philosophicall Transactions, it was resolved by ballot that the Society do take off 60 of them.

Ordered that one book de Piscibus be sent bound to the Bodleian Library, and tht Dr Plott have six of those books put into his hands to dispose of for the Society. '
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AccessStatusOpen
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