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Minutes 1759-04-04

April, d. 4.
Närvarande Praeses, Herr Carleson, samt Herrar Faggot, Hejke, Schultse, Acrel, Wargentin, Kryger, Jennings, Runeberg och Bergius samt Martin.

1. Upl. Herr Zetzels ifrån Pomern insände Rön om Portugisiska Bönan Picuris nytta uti Medicine emot Diarrhée.

2. Upl. Ingenieuren Marins anmärkningar vid silkes-afvelen i Skåne. Remitt. til Herr Lidbeck.

3. Upl. Magister Wilckes berättelse om de Naturkunnigas, i synnerhet de nyares tankar angående Åske-dundret och des orsaker. Academien gillade det at införas i Handlingarna, såsom en del af Vetenskapernas Historia.

English summary

President Carleson chaired the meeting where reports were discussed, including Zetzels' report on the medicinal use of Portuguese bean for diarrhea and Wilckes' account of the thunderstorm, which was accepted into the Academy's publications as part of the history of science.

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