| Description | Present: The President; Mr Folkes; Mr Rand; Mr Eames; Mr West; Mr Theobald; Mr Jones; Mr Lethieullier; Mr Hadley; Mr Jeffreys; Dr Mortimer
' Mr Jones and Mr Lethieullier were sworn of the Council.
Mr Folkes took the Oath as Vice President.
The Minutes of last Council were read.
In pursuance to an Order of the last Council, Mr West and Mr Theobald reported, that upon enquiring into the State of Mr Savile's house, they found that the necessary repair would amount to only thirty pounds : but the other repairs, which Mr Savile insists on, would amount to above one hundred pounds : and that they were informed by Mr Savile, that unless the Society will allow them, he intends to remove.
Thanks were ordered to these Gentlemen, and they were fully impowered to treat with workmen for the repairs, and to let the house, (if a Tenant offers) on the best terms they can make.
Mr Theobald took notice, that the Steps at the entrance of the narrow passage out of Crane Court into Fleet Street, were very inconvenient, and even dangerousto passengers in dark nights; and therefore he proposed to have a Light hung out whenever it was dark on the nights when the Society meets.
Which was ordered accordingly, and directions were given to Mr Hauksbee to procure a Lanthorn for that purpose, asnd to cause it to be hung out on the meeting nights, when necessary.
Mr Hauksbee was likewise directed to speak t the several neighbours abuot removing the Steps at the passage, and making a Slope down to Fleet Street in the room of them; and to acquaint them that the Society is disposed to join with them in the charge of doing it.
The List of Members above two years in arrear was read over, and the several persons were ordered to be spoken to.
Mr Stephen Gray being elected a Fellow of the Society, the Counil ordered that he should be excused his admission Fees and weekly payments : and that he should have the five pounds paid him, which were left by Sir Godfrey Copley, for the Experiments he made for the year 1732. It was balloted for, and carried in the affirmative.
It was ordered, that a Shed by buiot cross one end of the Garden, to shelter the Engine, and to lay some Stones and large Cornua Ammonis. And Mr Theobald, Mr Eames and Mr West were desired to take care of it.
Doctor Stack's bill for £15.8.0 was ordered to be paid.
An Imprimatur was granted to the Reverend Mr Hales for the second Volumn of his Statical Essays, in the following form.
"At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Feb : 28 : 1732/3
The greatest part of this second Volumn of Statical Essays, by Stephen Hales B.D F.R.S. having been read at several meetings of the Royal Socity, (for which he had their thanks) it is ordered, that he be desired to print the same.
H[ans] S[loane], P.R.S. " |