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Lct us then ( for Example ) fuppose' the Dog-Star to be so. TheDistance from us to the Sun being about ioo rimes the Sun’s Dia-meter, it is evident, That the Angle under which the Dog-Star is seenih Mr. Hugcnss Telescope, must be near the fame with the Angle dfks Parallax to the Sun’s Distance, Or Semidiameter of the Earth^ Ay-nual Course ; so that the Parallax to the whole Diameter, can be butdouble such a Quantity, as even to M. Ilugetts ''s Nice Observation is aho-gether Insensible.

The Distance therefore of the ‘Fixtf Stars seems hardly wkhrn the reich

any of our Merhods to determine : but from what has been laid' down,we may draw some Conclusions that will much Illustrate the prodigiouSVastnels of it. v

i. That the Diameter of the Earth's Annual Orb (which coijtainsat. least. 160 Millions of Miles ) is but as a Point in Comparison of it ;at least it must be above 6000 times the Distance of the Sun : For ifa Star (hould Appcar through the aforesaid Teleseope half a Minutebroad, (which is a pretty (enlibie Magnitude) the true Apparent Diameter.vould not c.'xced a 8 V / , which is leis than the öoooth part of the Appa-rent Diameter of the Sun, and conlequcntly the Sun’s Distance not thesioooth part of the Distance of the Star.

a. That could We advance towards the Stare 99 Parts of the-whole.Distance, and have only -rl- part remaining, the Stars would appcar;little bigger to us than they do here : For they would stiow no other-wise than they do through a Teleseope, which Magnifies an hundred-.told.

3. That at least 9 parts in 10, of the Space between us and the Fixed.

; Stars can receive no greater Light from the Sun, or any of the Stars, than

, - what we have from the Stars in a ciear Night.

4, That Light takes up more, time in Travellirig from the Stars to us,than we in making a iVest-btdia Voyage, (which is ordinarily performed'in six VVeeks: ) That a Sound would nor arrive to us from thence in.50000 years, nor a Cannoa Bullet-in a much longer time. This is tasilycomputed, by allowing ( according to Mr. Newton -) 10 Minute; for theJourney of Light from the Sun.hither, and that a, Sound moves above ijctfFoot tn. a Second.

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