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Minutes 1760-05-14

Majus d. 14.
Närvarande Praeses, Herr Brandt, samt 10 af Herrar Ledamöter.

1. Uplästes Manufactur Contoirets svar på Academiens bref, angående Instrumentmakare Värkstäderna, se Dagboken för d. 22 Martii, hvar uti Academiens proposition bifölls, och instrumentmakarena Lehnberg, Westberg, Steinholtz och Ahl beviljades tilvärknings och utskepnings Premier.

2. Upl. Herr Fischerströms anmärkningar om kisel-stenar.

3. Upl. Herr Thunbergs påfund at spränga under vattn.

4. Herr Knutbergs förbättring på krut-qvarnar.

5. Et bref ifrån Lectoren Stridsberg, innehållande några Oeconomiska påfund.

English summary

President Brandt and ten members attended the meeting. The response from Manufactur Contoire regarding instrument makers' workshops was approved by the Academy, granting privileges to four makers. Discussions also covered observations on quartz rocks, a new method for underwater blasting, and improvements in gunpowder mills.

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Johan Fischerström

Daniel Thunberg