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at the Distance of near 2 Semidiamete fSthe Ring. (

The Second in 2 Days, 17 Hours, 7 JMinutes, at the Distance of Seiu^meters.

The Third in 4 Days, 12 Hours?

Minutes, at the Distance of 3* Sem 1 'meters. . (

The Fourth in 15 Days, 22 Hours,Minutes, at the Distance of 8 Semi 1meters.

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The Fifth in 70 Days, 22 Hours, ^Minutes, at the Distance of 23-A ^diameters (CXXXVII). .

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(CXXXVII) I. Though Galileo’s Telescope /sufficient to discover all Jupiter's Moons, it worn j^treach Saturn’s, they being at too great a Distance* syet this sagacious Observer found Saturn , byhis Ring, had a very odd Appearance; for h>- S ■ ^was not good enough to exhibit the true ShapeRing, but only a confused Idea of that and $together, which in the Year 1610 he advertisedLetters of this Sentence transposed : Altifftmurti ^^tarn tergcminum objervavi ; i. e. 1 have observed b

to have three Bodies.

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2. This odd Phenomenon perplexed the Astt OI,u {£'very much, and various Hypotheses were formed

solve it; all which seemed trifling to the happy * ftfi

vius , wnu appnea nimieLi purpoieiy toGrinding of Glafles, and perfecting long T e ‘ e ^ ,

to arrive at a more accurate Notion of this Pse* 5 c cb' ;its Appendage. Accordingly in the Year i 655 '

sti:u£ted a Telescope of 12 Feet, and viewing. ,divers times, he discovered something like a R ! 3 $$

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who applied himself purposely to imps

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