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'' (ö- 144.) "Therc is anolher Üiiii}?, which 1 recornmend 

 lo Ihe Observation of malhemalical nien : which is, llial in Fc- 

 bniary, and for a Utile beforc, and a little alter Ihat monlh 

 (as I have observed severai years togcther) about 6 iti the 

 evening, when the Twilight hath almost dcsertcd the horizon, 

 you shal see a plainly discernable way of Ihe Twilight siriking 

 up toward the Pleiadcs, and seeming almost to touch thom. It 

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

 is no such way to be observed at any other lime of ihe year 

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

 perceived darling up elsewhcre. An.l 1 bclieve il halh been, and 

 will be conslantly visible at Ihat lime of the year. But what 

 Ihe cause of it in ualure should be, I cannot yel imagine, bul 

 leave il lo furlhcr enquiry.« (2l;ilbrey, Brilannia liaconica 

 lüGl p. 183. 3)ieö ift bu erfte 2(nficftt iinb einfädle 33efcf)reit»uiii} 

 berCrfc^einung ((^affint, Decouvertede la 1 um icre Celeste 

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

 T. Ylll. 1730 p. 276. 9)tairan, Traile phys. de l'Aurore 

 borcalel75i. p. 16). 3« ^^ni eben angefüljrten fouberbaren 

 95uc()e »DU <2Hlbre» ftnbeii fid) aud) fd)on (p. 91) fel)r verilanbiije 

 eingaben über bie Gpod^e be^ eintretend ber gjiarima unb D^iinima 

 in ber isertljeilung ber ^iüjve^wcivme , wie in bem ©ange ber 

 täglichen 2:emperat«r; 2(ngaben über Sjerrpätung ber ertreme 

 be^ ejfectö in ben meteoro(ogifd)en ^roceffen. geiber teljrt aber 

 lUic^ (p. 148) ber baconifdj-pbilot'opljirenbe .Kaplan be^ Sorb J^enri) 

 6onierfet (roie 33ernarbin be ^St. ^'^iterre), bap bii (!rbe «n t>e\x 

 >Polen jugefpi^t fil Sie war urfpriinglid), Tagt er, fugelrnnb, 

 aber bie ununterbrDd)en fDrtfd)reitenbe ^nnaljme ber Gi^fcfeid^ten 

 an beiben ^olen veranbert bie Jigur iie^ örbförperö; unb iia bai 

 Si^ firf) a\.\6 2ßa(fer bilbet, nimmt bie 3ßaiTernienge überall ab. 



" '@. 144.) 2)ominicuö dajTini (Mem. de l'Acad. T. VIIF. 

 1730 p. 188) unb Laitan (Aurore bor. p. 16) tjaben felb|l bte 

 :Bel)auptung aufgeftellt, bn^ ba^ 1668 in ^])er|"ien gefeljene ^IJIjanc- 

 men ba^3c'^iflc«llid?tgeivefen {ei. 3)elanibve (Hisl. de l'Astron. 

 moderne T. II. p. 742) fd)reibt bie Gntbecfung biefe^ eirf>te^ 

 beftimmt bem berül)mten SKeifenben ^ Harbin ju; aber foiDo^l im 

 Couronnemeni de Soli man, al6 in mehreren ©feilen feiner 

 n^eifebefcfjreibung (od. de Langles T. IV. p. 326, T. X. p. 97) 



