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*' (@. 144.) »Therc is another thing, which I recommend 

 to the Observation of mathematical meii: which is, that in Fe- 

 bruary, and for a Utile before, and a littlc aller that month 

 (as 1 have observed sevcral years togcther) about 6 in the 

 evening, when the Twilight hath almost deserted the horizon, 

 you shal see a plainly discernable way of the Twilight strii{ing 

 up toward thePlciadcs, and seeming almost to louch Ihem. It 

 is so observed any clear night, but it is best illac nocie. There 

 is no such way to be observed at any other tirae of the year 

 (that 1 can perceive), nor any other way at that lime lo be 

 perceived darting up elsewhere. And 1 bclieve it hath been, and 

 will be conslantly visible at that time of the year. But what 

 the cause of it in nature should be, I cannot yet imagine, but 

 leave it to further enquiry.« SI)ilbre», ßritannia ßaconica 

 1661 p. 183. Sieö ijl bie erfle Ofuft^t unb einfttdje »efct^rcibung 

 ber(5rf(t>eimtn9(Sttffi«i, Decouvertedela lumi^rc Celeste 

 qui paroll dans le zodiaque in ben Mem. de l'Acad. 

 T. VIII. 1730 p. 276. «OTatran, Traite phys. de l'Aurore 

 bo reale 175i p. 16). 3n bem eben angefiiljrten fonberbaren 

 93ud)e »on (5^ilbre» finben fjd) aud) fc^on (p. 91) feljr oerftänbige 

 gingaben über bie SpodK beö eintretend ber gjiarima unb ^Wininia 

 in ber SJertljeilung ber 3al)re^n)ärtne, ivie in bem ©ange ber 

 tägUdjen Temperatur; gingaben über SSerfparnng ber ertreme 

 beö (gffectö in ben meteorologird^en ^roceffen, geibcr le()rt aber 

 aud> (p. 148) ber baconifc^:pf)ilofopf)irenbe Kaplan beö gorb 3^enri> 

 ©omerfet (wie 93ernarbin be ©t. <pierre), ba^ bie erbe an bew 

 «Polen jugefpi^t fei. Sie wat iirfprünglic^, fagt er, fugelrunb, 

 aber bie ununterbrodjen forrfdjreitenbe puna^me ber (5iöfd)id)ten 

 an beiben ^olen veränbert bie Jigur beö erbförperiJ; nnb ba baö 

 @iö ftd? auä SSajfer bilbet, nimmt bie 'Ißaflfer menge überall ab. 



" (@. 144.) 2>ominicuö (Saffini (Mem. de l'Acad. T. VIII. 

 1730 p. 188) unb «Wairan (Aurore bor. p. 16) l)aben felbfi: bie 

 58el)auptung anfgeftellt, b(\^ ba^ 1668 in Werften gefel)ene <pi)äno- 

 menbaö^obiacallic^tgenjefenfei. 55elambre (Ilist. dcl'Astron. 

 moderne T. 11. p. 742) fdjreibt bie Sutberfung biefe^ £tcf>te^ 

 beflimmt bem berüljmten Oieifenben (Jljarbin ju; aber foivol)! im 

 Couronnemcni do Soli man, ahS in mel)reren ©teilen fetner 

 5T?eifebefd)reibMng (ed. de Langl^s T. IV. p. 326, T. X. p. 97) 



