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RefNoJBO/5/107
AltRefNoJBO/5/136
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of meeting
Date13 January 1676
DescriptionProposed candidates; Captain Sheers by Mr Secretary Williamson, Doctor Mapletoft by Mr Hook, and Signor Travagini of Venice by Mr Oldenburg

'Mr Newton's Experiment of Glass rubbed to cause various motions in bits of paper underneath, being made according to his more particular Directions, did Succeed Very well. The rubbing was made both with a Scrubbing brush made of short hogs-bristles, with a knife, the haft of a knife made of Whalebone, and with the nail of ones finger. It appeared that touching many parts at once with a hard and rough body, did produce the Effect expected.

Ordered, that Mr Newton receive the thanks of the Society for giving himself the trouble of imparting to them such full instructions of making the said Experiment. '

The Secretary read a letter form Mr Flamsteed, written to Sir Jonas Moore from Greenwich 24 December 1675, containing an account of the observations made by Flamsteed of the late eclipse of the Moon, on 21 December p.m.

Ordered, that the Secretary be asked to impart the information by Mr Flamsteed to the Parisian Astronomer Signor Cassini, and to ask him to communicate his observations about the same phenomenon to the Society.

The Secretary produced some of Mr Aubrey's papers, containing his observations made of Surrey. Ordered to read the papers at the next meeting.
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FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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