188 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE 



' the European tables an- j i h~- 



f tenor to thole ; on ex- ^ • /• • ST . <JJ v 



* aminingand comparing $Ov£ s^-/ l^Ls: c3^3 



< the calculations of thefe • ,j. ; « ,-• x 



* tables, with actual ob- (fi ^J^ W ^^ 



< fervation, it appeared ***&/* y& ^ y^ J^ 



< there was an error inthe jCjc3 C'l jU.sw_jO A^ -XI 

 1 former, in aligning the '\ ;ii *\ . '( vfT 

 ' moon s place, of hah' a «y _> ^ • -j^ 



* degree : although the Ij^li j.^cL j evjli^uj 

 ' error in the other pla- <xj= ^aj AJuSc} £^>Ij 

 | netswasnotio great yet b jj ^ . iLj ' . | ^ jL ^ 



* thetimesof iolarand lu- ' '- l ^ v ^/ . - / *. 



< nar eclipfes he found to <-£dti> (J^. J (jS**2 && 



* come out later or earlier ,<3 ^a^. aS Ov^jfO 



* than the truth, bv the ^^J " ^| jj^f. 

 c fourth part of a gjwrry ^ ^ S 



' or fifteens/5*. Hence jUni'l j ^J^j ^JD 



< he concluded that, iince ^ ^1^'^X^ 

 ' m Europe, aiUGrLomical ^> # - J y — 



* inftruments have not cXjl A^U^c^ ^ I k^j^J 



* been conilrucled of ♦• .. v , * , 



< fuch a fize, and fo large Jj^ ^^ ^ * H 

 ' diameters, the motions ^jI£=l\j Lj £v}^ s<^Ui! 

 c which have been ob- . jjj •• •• ., 

 c ierved with them may l^--' (^yV^^ t/U> 

 ( have deviated a little u ^^ c^-A^i ^jT 

 ' from the truth; Iince, in * . 



f this place, by the aid of ^^ J U^, JtS (ji^[^- 



' the unerring artificer, od <li 4l U w-J -* dub 

 4 ailronouhcal initru- ^ ^ •• •• \ \ 



< inputs' have been con- <^U ^ ^K^xs 3 JUvA* 

 4 ftructed with all theex- ^ cX'^j a ^.£=>!^==> 

 ' aclnefs that the heart f , , T, r ' . \ \ 

 ! can deilre ; and the mo- bl> "J ' O ' C^L^ *-!>" 

 4 tions of the ftars have, LJT" C^O C^ObOou * 



< for a lonp; period, been * ' % jf 



< conftantly obferved S~>^^ ' ^>*^=>J y*-* 

 "* ' Frjuai to fix minutes of our time, an error of three minutes in 



' the moon's place would occafion this difference in time, andas*it 



f iti improbable, that La Hipp.'- tables ihould be inaccurate to the 



extent m ed above, of hull' a degree, I conceive there muft 



r be an error iu the original. . 



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