Minutes of a meeting of the Society The President in the Chair. The followiong Gentlemen had leave to be present viz. Dr Gerresheim and Dr Morgan by Mr Collinson Dr Letch Mr Cuillier and Mr Rand by Dr Parsons Mr Dunn, Mr Magalhaens and Mr Mallet by Dr Birch Mr Kirban by DrMorris Mr Philipps by Mr Duane Mr Fancombe by Mr Baker. Dr Edwards Mr Dreyer and Mr Wynne by Dr Owen Dr Ribes and Mr Engestrom by Mr Smeaton Count Bonde and Mr Chisat by Mr Van Rixtel Mr Small by Mr Bowman Dr Grummert by Mr Blake Mr Hall by Dr Morton The Minutes of the last meeting were read. A Book with htis inscription in the title page vidilicet, "Systema, ' .... ' Mr Smeaton FRS communicated a Note relative to Mr Erskine's Machine lately Exhibited to the Society; viz that the principle of the Centrifugal force was not now first applied to the raising of water. In Confirmation of which the Berllin Acts for the year 1753 were produced, in which p.305 is an Account of a Machine, with improvements and Calculations drawn from a hint in the book called 'Account of Machines approved by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris for the year 1732; and the invention referred to a Mr du Moses. Thanks were returned to Mr Smeaton for this note. ' 7 February 1765