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RefNoJBO/10/205
AltRefNoJBO/10/234
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the Society
Date24 December 1701
Description ' Sir John Hoskyns Vice President in the Chair.
Mr Eilson was permitted to be present.

Mr Wilson showed som of the Amianthos in the Natural Soil, some Stones of i t and yarn made by him of it, without Addition. He presented these Varieties of it, and the said Yarn made of it without Addition, to t he Society, who thanked him for it.

The same Showed some Microscopes, contrived after the fashion of Harshocker, and in them the scale of a Sole Fish, some Sal /Armoniac and Nitre Chrystallized, some common Salt, some Cheese mites, an Ascarides, the scale of a Roch, etc. The Society thanked him for this Sight. '
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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