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fo as to prevent any conlidcrable miftake. When five, ten, or 

 more fields are gaged, the polar diftance in the fecond column 

 of the table is that of the middle of the fvveep, which was 

 generally from 2 to 2t degrees in breadth; and, in gaging, a 

 regular diftribution of the fields, from the bottom of the fweep 

 to the top, was always ftridly attended to. The fifth column 

 contains occafional remarks relating to the gages. 



I. Table of Star-Gages. 



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