| Description | Present at the meeting: the President in the chair.
The Honourable Governor and General Flemming, Mr Browne Willis and Mr Summers Payne had leave to be present at the demo of Mr Theobald, as also Dr Atkinson by Mr Collinson and Mr Sharp by Mr Belchier
Read minutes of meetings of two previous meetings and for those of St Andrew's Day
' His grace the Duke of Portland was propounded for a Fellow by the Treasurer James West Esq and being put to the Ballot was elected.'
Read a translation of part of a letter from Dr Breynius to the President dated 21 November 1739 referring to another inclosed from Dr Remus, as also to a case inclosed concerning the 'bad Effects arising from the frequent use of Testaceous Powders. ' [Summary provided of letter, and the case referred to of a gentleman from Barbados of about 1694 subject to the gout]
Read the extract of a letter from Mr Klein to the President of 21 October 1739 at Dantzick [Danzig] wherein he intends to send a copy of his book being a first attempt towards a Natural History of Fishes Account listed in minutes. Also recommends for a Candidate Doctor de Superville Privy Counsellor and first Physician to the Margrave of Brandenburg - Bayreuth, who he states if the author of parts of the Bibliotheqye Germanique as relate to to natural knowledge. Also attaches a letter from him, where he expresses his desire to be admitted.
The President said that 'it might be proper to inform him in answer to his request, that a Communication of some of his Observation would be the best Introduction to his Proposal.
A further part of Dr Martine's Treatise concerning Thermometers was read and the rest referred to another meeting.'
Read the Translation of a letter from Monsieu Cuenz Counsellor of State to the Rupublick of St Gall, and Member of the Academy of Sciences and Belles Lettres at Marseilles, to the President dated at Neufchatel on 30 July 1739. Refers to a book his is writing on which he would like the Society's judgement relating to 'a new system of Metaphysics'. Sends the extract of the general plan, the remarks that have been made upon it; the arguments for refuting them, and further illustration: some additions to the plan, arising from the 'Consideration of the Objections'. To which pieces are joined two letters relating to the same Subject '
The Tracts were referred to Dr Gerdes to oblige the Society with an account of the contents.
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