PHYSICALanpLITERAY. 183 
that it is of moment to have this theory pro- 
fecuted farther and afcertained: for an error 
of a minute, in a matter of fuch moment 
as the declination of the fun, which is an ele- 
ment in moft queftions in aftronomy, geogra- 
phy, and navigation, is not to be defpifed ; 
efpecially now when fo great exactnefs in 
thefe matters is defired, and, I believe, may 
be obtained. Such a variation, however, can 
have no fenfible effet on our feafons; and 
there -feems to be no ground to apprehend, 
that our year will degenerate into a perpe- 
tual fpring in any period of time; which, 
after all, would be far from being an advan- 
tage to us, or to the inhabitants of the earth 
in general. 
ART. 
