PROLEGOMENA. 



evil. 



Sors exitura et nos in aeternum Exilium im- 

 posifura cymbae. 



Of the Celestial Phenomena of the Vear^ with 

 some curious Considerations arising from 

 their contemplation. 



One more subject of consideration deserves 

 to be spoken of before I close tliis preface, from 

 the manner in whicli it has been abused. In the 

 round of the seasons the varying aspect of the 

 heavenly bodies will naturally excite our atten- 

 tion to astronomy, and lead us to enquire what 

 is the object for which the infinitely numerous 

 stars and planets, which we see, were created — 

 what is their size, distance, and motion ? In pro- 

 portion as we proceed in this enquiry, and par- 

 ticularly if we use the terrific engine of nume- 

 rical calculus, and come to some of those wonderful 



