Minutes
Here you can explore the meeting minutes of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1739-1899. You can either search the minutes in full text, or follow mentions of an individual person.
Minutes from 1770
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Meeting 1770-01-10
Discussion on member losses, population utilization, and technical questions.
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Meeting 1770-01-17
Academy discussed herring barrels, rewarded Wassberg's planetarium; cattle disease described in Proceedings.
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Meeting 1770-01-31
Meeting discussed Glassmaster Nordström's finances after an accident; decided to waive the remaining 187 dr kmt.
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Meeting 1770-01-31
Meeting discussed a new machine and noted a discovery on potato-based brandy.
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Meeting 1770-02-07
Introduction of Botin and Sandel, discussion on Flodströms Trösk-Machine, experiments with sawn wood.
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Meeting 1770-02-21
The meeting discussed cattle disease, the prize question on plows, and securing professorial authority for Mr. Wilcke.
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Meeting 1770-03-07
Portraits of Galileo, Gassendi, and Dante were given to the observatory; Wargentin and Marelius tasked with creating sea charts for the Baltic Sea.
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Meeting 1770-03-07
Critical writings about Rönnow's speech were noted; Martin deemed them unjustified and promised to publish his opinion.
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Meeting 1770-03-14
Meeting discussed herring barrels, lexicon, and funding for scientific works.
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Meeting 1770-03-28
The meeting covered prayer day dates, recommendations for waterway investigations, and financial matters.
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Meeting 1770-04-11
Discussions on Wilcke's professorship and water investigations around Gothenburg; Linnaeus' opinion approved.
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Meeting 1770-04-25
Account review and rewarding bookkeeper Moléen.
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Meeting 1770-05-02
Meeting with Chapman; discussion on translations and responses to previous questions.
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Meeting 1770-05-23
The May meeting covered research, diseases, and Dragsjukan; also discussed was an offer to buy the academy's printing house.
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Meeting 1770-06-13
The Gotland discovery and Reef's fisheries treatise were discussed at the meeting.
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Meeting 1770-06-20
Schäffer’s contract for room repairs and discussion on translation quality.
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Meeting 1770-07-11
Meeting discussed translations and copper kettle risks; declined certification for Berch.
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Meeting 1770-07-25
New president elected and alms granted to Hasselquist.
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Meeting 1770-08-08
Discussion on Hülphers manuscript and decision to support Steinholtz and fund Marelius for mapping.
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Meeting 1770-08-29
Discussion on Röding's donation, Ellicott's request and reviews of works by Retzii and Elin.
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Meeting 1770-09-12
Engeström became a new member; Marelius' paper and comet observations included in proceedings; risk of observatory collapse.
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Meeting 1770-09-26
The academy examined Kiellberg's saltpeter method and supported instrument makers.
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Meeting 1770-10-03
Kryger commemorated member Ephraim Otto Runeberg at Riddarhuset.
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Meeting 1770-10-17
Tilas reported on Hülpher's work and Linné’s description of a rare flower was submitted to the academy.
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Meeting 1770-10-24
Accounts reviewed, decisions on payments and translations; new president elected.
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Meeting 1770-11-07
Discussions about royal letters, insects in ears, and dictionary work.
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Meeting 1770-11-14
Meeting discussed translation matter, grafting report, and sample improvement proposal.
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Meeting 1770-11-21
Discussion on Hallonqvist's life jacket invention and Kiellberg’s saltpeter production method.
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Meeting 1770-12-04
The meeting discussed Nordwall's donation and confirmed the potential of Hallonqvist’s idea to avoid sinking in water.
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Meeting 1770-12-12
The meeting discussed Linné's recommendations, Ferber’s botanical calendar, studies on Gordian worms, and construction techniques in Falun.
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