Marine Surveying in Britain during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

The early meetings of the Royal Society, following the granting of its charter in 1662, were notable for the many diverse subjects w ich came up for discussion, particularly those connected with experimental science and the perfecting of instru? ments. The appointment of Robert Hooke as Curator of Experiments,, in November of that year had a most stimulating effect on the practical activity of the Society, each meeting being characterized by a number of demonstrations using apparatus or instruments designed by Hooke himself. One of the many fields of enquiry which engaged the indefatigable Hooke's attention in his newly created office was that of furthering existing knowledge of the form and characteristics of the sea bed. To this end he exhibited before members an instrument which he had

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