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Minutes of the Dublin Philosophical Society, sent by St George Ashe, dated at Trinity College Dublin

Reference number: EL/A/33

Date: 24 November 1685

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Minutes of the Philosophical Society of Dublin held between 19 October and 23 November 1685
Matters concerned:
- discussion of the weather
- discussion of the displacement of water by gold and silver
- discussion of a patient with small pox
- discussion of Mr Molyneaux' hyproscope
A note to William Musgrave states that he had received Dr Garden's two letters and Dr Lister's and Mr Boyle's papers

Reference number
EL/A/33
Earliest possible date
24 November 1685
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Minutes of the Dublin Philosophical Society, sent by St George Ashe, dated at Trinity College Dublin, 24 November 1685, EL/A/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_33/minutes-of-the-dublin-philosophical-society-sent-by-st-george-ashe-dated-at-trinity-college-dublin, accessed on 16 November 2025

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