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re thus gaged, is obtained. By way of example, I have jomed a q 
fhort table, extracted from the gages contained in my journal, 
by which it apyraies that the number. of {tans Wikies vary 
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"Thus, in. the. parallel from a to, 4. degrees, north 
polar-diftance, and. R.A. 15h. 10’, the ftar-gage runs, yp 
from g-4 ftars in the ficld to 18.6 in about.am hour and a:-half 3 
whereas in the parallel from 76°.to 80° north. polar diftance,, 
aud R. A. 11, 12, 13, and, 14 hours, it very feldom: 
rifes above 4. We are, however, to remember, that with 
different inftruments the account of the gages will be very 
' different, efpecially on. our fuppofition of the fituation of | the 
fun ina ftratum of ftars. For, let a 4, fig. 17, be.the ftratum, and 
fuppotfe the fmall circle g 47h to reprefent the fpace into which, 
by the light and power of a given telefcope, we may pene 
trate; and let GHLK be the extent of another portion, which 
we are enabled to vifit by means of a larger aperture and power 5 
it is evident, that the gages with. the latter inftrument will 
differ very much in their account of ftars contained at MN, 
and at KG or LH; when with the former they will. hardly, be 
atfeéted by the change from mz tog or/4. And this accounts 
for what a celebrated author fays concerning the effects of t 
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