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‘*‘ [IJ. That a different exemplar was employed for, at 
least, the Acts of the Apostles, and possibly others elsewhere ; 
but this is urged on grounds too various and subtle for pre- 
sentation in a short paper :—and 
‘TV. That the Latinizing tendency of the manuscript 
has not been sustained on the grounds alleged.” 
Mr. J. H. Smith read a paper on the Cross of Kilnasagart. 
The Rev. Dr. Lloyd read the concluding part of a paper 
‘¢on the influence of the moon upon the position of the freely- 
suspended horizontal magnet.” 
In a former communication upon this subject the: author 
had analyzed the diurnal range of the magnetic declination in 
reference to the moon’s age, and shown that its magnitude 
was subject toa periodical variation, being greatest in the first 
and third quarters of the lunation, and least in the second and 
fourth. The moon, therefore, conspires with the sun in its 
effect upon the diurnal range in the former portions of the 
lunation, and opposes it in the latter. 
The preceding method of examination, however, only 
determines the total amount of the effect produced by the 
moon’s action upon the freely-suspended magnet in the course 
of the day. In order to investigate its Jaw, we must examine 
the varying position of the magnet at the several hours of 
observation in reference to the moon’s hour-angle. To this 
question the author now proceeded. 
The observations discussed are those of the years 1841, 
1842, and 1843, during which they were made at intervals of 
two hours. The results are tabulated according to the moon’s 
hour-angle in the following manner : 
The scale-readings of the instrument nearest to the 
moon’s upper meridian passage, on each day, are entered in 
the first column of the Table; the next following in the se- 
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