Record

Reference numberDM/5/66
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of meetings of the Mechanicall Committee
DateJuly-October 1664
DescriptionDates of meetings: 16 July, 6 August, 3 September, 17 October 1664.

From 16th July: "Proposed by Mr Hook, to make an instrument by which may be found a ships motion through the water. Ordered of such an instrument be made, and experimented as soon it shall be ready, upon Sir William Petty's skiffe".
Extent3 sides
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Access conditionsOPEN - but photocopying forbidden.
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8261Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician1608 - 1673
NA8268Petty; Sir; William (1623 - 1687); natural philosopher, administrator, and economist1623 - 1687
NA8242Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher1635 - 1703
NA8296Wilkins; John (1614 - 1672); theologian and natural philosopher1614 - 1672
NA6148Hill; Abraham (1633 - 1721); merchant1633 - 1721
NA5675Palmer; Dudley (c1617 - 1666); barristerc1617 - 1666
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA3503Brouncker; William (c1620 - 1684); 2nd Viscount Brouncker; mathematicianc1620 - 1684
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