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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 1774

Meeting 1774-01-12

Meeting discusses prayer day dates, agriculture responses, and reward case for type casting.

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Meeting 1774-01-26

Meeting discussed budget and election of new members with von Engeström as new president.

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Meeting 1774-02-02

The new president chaired discussions on prize applications and financial difficulties in cartography.

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Meeting 1774-02-16

February meeting discussed Swedish dictionary and technical questions.

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Meeting 1774-02-23

Arbin spoke about Ehrensvärd in front of the king at February meeting.

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Meeting 1774-03-02

Falkenberg admitted as new member; discussions on diving equipment and electricity. Testing of Bruhn's gunpowder cartridge preservation method.

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Meeting 1774-03-16

The meeting decided to create a portrait of Linnaeus and approved several technical reports.

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Meeting 1774-04-13

Meeting opened by President with discussions on chemical thoughts, spinning machine, and decision on award for disease prevention.

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Meeting 1774-04-20

Meeting discussed Mastics and agricultural growth; prizes awarded to contributions by Modeer and Barchaeus.

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Meeting 1774-05-04

Decisions on financial aid and election of foreign members.

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Meeting 1774-05-11

Meeting discussed ants, medicinal effects, and missing documents to Bishop Friis.

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Meeting 1774-06-01

Perpetual motion machine model discussed; Barchaeus allowed to continue journey.

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Meeting 1774-06-15

Meeting chaired by Wäsström discussing payments and donations to the Academy.

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Meeting 1774-07-06

Discussion on cattle plague, Linnaeus's rica, and moving the mineral collection.

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Meeting 1774-07-20

The meeting discussed Keralio's book order, Barchaei’s travel report, and Lexell’s astronomical solutions. Bergman commented on Canton's water compressibility experiment.

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Meeting 1774-07-27

Meeting discussed lemon juice preservation, elected new member Scheele, chose Grill as president, and Wäsström stepped down.

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Meeting 1774-08-10

Test firing succeeded, plow design was discussed, and the benefits of potato cultivation and medical use of copal were addressed.

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Meeting 1774-08-31

Discussions on scientific methods and contributions by researchers like Scheele and von Engeström.

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Meeting 1774-09-21

The meeting discussed Orre's copper plate, Russian dyes, and Hellant's observations.

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Meeting 1774-10-05

Discussed foreign compass proposal and forestry management; manuscript handed to Professor Bergius.

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Meeting 1774-10-12

Approved prize topics, investigation of Stone Garden, improved plows, and baking soda experiments.

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Meeting 1774-10-26

The academy discussed accounts and decided on support for researchers and honors.

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Meeting 1774-11-16

Support for Marelius, Celsius portrait, and management of Thamiska notes discussed.

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Meeting 1774-11-30

The November 30 meeting discussed letters from Rothman and a report on stone cutting, as well as a treatise on peat moss.

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Meeting 1774-12-07

Discussion on new Scanian scholarly society and approval of a grant for Cornet Bratt's widow.

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Meeting 1774-12-14

Meeting discussed dye substances, Spalanzani's book, and Eisen's plant preservation method.

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