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A rare manuscript charting the birth of modern science has been saved from a possible overseas sale just minutes before it was due to go under the hammer.

Robert Hooke’s minutes of the Royal Society from 1661 to 1682 had sparked huge worldwide interest and were expected to fetch between £1 million and £1.5 million at auction.

But the Royal Society - an independent scientific academy dedicated to promoting excellence in UK science - agreed to buy the manuscript from the anonymous seller at the last minute for an undisclosed sum.

Posted: 03|30|06 at 9:32 am. Filed under: Collectables.