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diftaiice from each other, I am, therefore, at their requeft, 

 now to digeftand lay before you, in one view, the whole 

 of our obfervations in that place; diftinguifhing, however, 

 the part of each obferver; and going back to the firll pre- 

 parations. For lam perfuaded that the dependance, which 

 the learned world may place on any particular Tranfit- 

 Account, will be in proportion to the previous, and fubfe- 

 quent care, which is found to have been taken in a feries 

 of accurate and well condufted obfervations, for afcertainins 



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the go nig of the time-pieces, and fixing the Latitude and 

 Longitude of the place of obfervations, &c. 



And I am the more defirous to be particular in thefe 



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our committee; to whofe extraordinary fkill and diligence 

 is owing whatever advantage may be derived, in thelere- 

 fpeds, to our obfervation of the Tranftt itfelf It is fur- 

 ther prefumed, that aftronomers in diftant countries, will 

 be defirous to have not only the work and refults belong- 

 ing to each \i?LXt\cv\zxTra7ifit--()hfervationy but the mate- 

 rials alfo, that they may examine and conclude for them- 

 felves. And this may be more particularly requifitc, in a 

 New Obfervatory, fuch as Norriton^ the name of which 

 hath perhaps never before been heard of by diftant aftro- 

 nomers; and therefore, its latitude and longitude are to 

 be once fixed, from principles that may be fatisfad;ory on 

 the prefent, as well as on any future occafion. 



Our great difcourageraent, at our firft appointment, was 



the want of proper apparatus 

 with Micrometers. The genei 



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not only by their vote to purchafe one of the beft refled:- 



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ereding Obfervatories, and defraying other incidental ex- 

 pences. It wasforefeen that on the arrival of this telefcope, 

 added to fuch private ones as might be procured in the 



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