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From the Sth to the i zth -Phasis,, thc Opaque- Ljmb of thc Moon on theSouth side, was a Iitttle rough, hüt about the Northern Horu to near a 4thpart of thc Segment, it was more smooth-: But when the.Horns oftheEclipsewerc almofl Parallel to the Horizon, betöre and aster the i yth Phasis, the Ex-tremity of the Gibbous Limb of the Moon lpoking downward, was somewharEnlighthed, and öf a kind of a Saflron Colour j but though the Sky was ficefrom Clpuds, yet no Stars were visible. Nor was.cven Venus it.self yrsible inthe operi Air, .unless by tome more Sharp-sighted than Ordinary.

Amongft many round Plates cut out ot thick Paper of divers Magnitudte,differing from one another <y", about the First Phasis, and aster, none agreed tothe Limb of the Moon but that which was- cut to a Radius or Semidiametef ofi ( taking the Radius or Semidiameter of that of the Sun to be 1

and that gradually so swelled or augmented, that larger Plates were necessary to be made use of; and about the zöth Phasis, nono less .than onedesoribed of a Radius of iö'. f. would agree with, or.equal the Appearance; rand consequenrly that the Diameter of the Moon about the End of thc Eclipfe.did Equalize, if not exceed that of the Sun. Besides, in the ayth Phasis ('whenthe obscure Part was 6. Dig. 6 1 .) the Body of the Moon did Obscure more thantwo Thirds of the Sun’s Limb j which is an Argument that its Semidiameter atthat time was Equal tothat of ehe Sun.

z. This Eclipfe by the Observations of M. GoJfrcd Tuber at Ci^n, Began at yh.and Ended at i ih.zys and increas’d to’i i Dig.; by the Observations ofMr. JacobHonold at Hervelsing near Vim of,Sumiajt Began at Sh.yy'. and Ended at I ih.z i'.and itsGreatest Defect was io Dig.; And by Observations at Leipsick., it Began at9 h. ii', and Ended at 12. h. 38s zo". Tfie greatest Obsctirity was I r Dig.io 1 , which lasted from io h. lös 45". for 6 '. Teil Digits being obftured, theSky (being otherwise very ciear) began to appearofa more livid or wan Com-plexion, and more Sad than it usoally looks with a clearSky when the Sun isset, or below the Horizon. The Cocks also, which had hitherto Crowed veryfrequently, as if silenced, going to Roost lest 06 Crowini*, and did not renewit rill by theRecovery of the Sun’s "Light theyhad recoverd their former Gqyetyand Mirth : However, we_cannot leärn that any Star besides that of Venus, wasdiscover’d by-those which were Spectators of -it in the Open Air.

cbfrgff aijriy to XXXVII.' I sometimes think that the Earth must appear to the supposcd In-ke L j,fcovcr‘d in habitants of the Mopn to have a different Face in the severa! Sealons of thetbt M<xm- 7 byWLYezr j and to have another Appearance in Winter,■ whenthere is almolBnothing7 ' Green in- a very great Part of the Eärth ; when- thbre are-Countries all cover'dwith Snowj others all cover'd with Water, others all obscnr’d with Clouds,and that for many Weeks together ; Another in Spring, when the Forests ■ andFtelds are Green; Another in Summer, when whole Fields are Yellow, &p.Methinks ,.1 say, that theseChanges are considerable'enough in the Force oftheReflexions es Light to be observ’d, since wc see so many differences of' Lightsin.the Moon. . Wehave Riters conflderable enough to be seen, and they enterfar enough into- the Land; and have a breadth capable to be obsor.vcd.' Thereare Fluxes inicertain Places, that. reach. into large Countries, enough to makeihere .lome -apparent Chtinge, and in some of öur Seas- there- float sometimes

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