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Ohrcrvcd aiflanccs of the COME T, 



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Jti/w 27. 9. 

 Z9. 9. 



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40^. 44' 





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95 



Jjucida 



25 18. 8 

 56'- - • -I 8. iS 



Capella 



In jiexvta Jjonghtuh I Longitude N^, Ijiit, 2^, Lat* 

 ad Coxar objcrved. coinf tiled, ohfervcd. \cQ77?pUici. 

 CaJjiQpcm I 



_ - . _ - j>j> 10. 9 



Vf 23. 36 



35*^- 31' 



^ * ^ .b #N 



n 24. 3a 

 n 27. 29 



"This lajl ohferi'ailon ivas taken ly the Rev, J^r, JEwiNG. 



'/f 10. I2'39. '^'^?>9' 47 



>f 23. 38|64. o 64. o 



n 24. 3533. 5033. a9 



n a?. 29i2x. 3021. 35 



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In making the above obfervations, the thiie (as hath 

 been already hinted) was not ftridly noted to minutes; 

 and therefore a perfeB agreement, between the ohferijcd 

 and computed places, cannot be expected* Befides, the 

 comet approached fo very nigh, that an error of i'. In 

 computing its heliocentric place, might produce an error 

 of a degree in its vifible place, and more than two degrees- 

 in its longitude in the figns. 



It is remarkable of this comet, that in any future re- 

 turns, whilft it continues to move in the fame orbit, it can 

 never approach the earth nigher than it did this time. On 

 the firft of July, it was about one fixtieth part of the Sun's- 



diftance from us. 



Perhaps-, if the apparent diftance of the Nuclevs^ f^om 



fome fixed flar near tvhich it pajfedy had been meafiired 

 ivith a micrometer^ at dijferent places on the earth conve^^ 

 nientlyfittiatedy theSvN^s fa^alj. ax mighty bj thismeans^ 

 have been determined nearer than ive can ever hope for^. 

 by any other method. 



This comet, notwithftanding its nearnefs, appeared but 



fmall and continued vifible but a few days; and, in all 

 probability, had it paffed the earth's orb but three weeks- 

 fooner, we Ihould never have feen any thing of it. This 

 affords ground for a probable conjecture, that there are 

 numbers of thcfe wandering bodies, which traverfe the 

 vaft fpace encircled by the planets, entirely unperceived 

 by us. I remember one, about ten or twelve years ago,, 

 that appeared much fmaller than this, moved very faft,> 

 and difappeared ia a few days likewife. 



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