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I y in meifüring fuch: {mall ddif 
. tances.—But the: utmoft attehtiph' Was paid tos thile obfervatións, 
as ‘being fome of. ‘the moft üfcful.arid important of thé whole : 
And Ibélieve they were taken with as much exactnefs: as'the in- 
ftrument "— hop -'Fhofe “near the: middle: I efteemed 
the moft exact. nets ae ae fid e 2 ui dde I halogi i bi 
a0 
sig Lis 
the achromatic telefcope ; and at 11" 2378", obferved the R- 
cond in = ties contact. "Mercury was then: perfe&ly ‘circular and 
well-defined ; and the undulation. of the fun’s*limb ‘lefs ‘than 
befo a ) Hg his-ob jobfervation did not t appear. to me torbe>attended 
with a an dicerem of moré thin four or fivefeconds. `- While 
‘Mercury was paffing the fin: Tinh i vies s: deg again’ d 
2 ee pee tk om peaks vin fome parts « of Europe, 
ux it was En TO. hy ace ounts the Xncheoi obfervatons ; Led be of much ufe 
thes etoieat renfermées.° Je fs a ai i pr ei Y | 
i m'a chargé de vous en faire. fes eb ercimens, et qui les. a def- 
RCM aui m'a fait d dufant pha de piis que notre ~ 
> -ia z igh etait Mur douteufe afaul de I’ ondulation des bords du foleil.’ 
As. ce peann the Todh. E: m e oe again; ued T 
