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dria^ thereby to determin their Longitudes^ 

 they could not do the Science of Aflronomy a 

 greater Service : For in and near thefe Places 

 were made all the Obfervations whereby the 

 middle Motions of the Sun and Moon are li- 

 mited : And I could then pronounce in what 

 Proportion the Moon's Motion does Accele- 

 rate ; which that it does, I think I can de- 

 monftrate, and ftiall (God willing) one Day, 

 make it appear to the Publick* 



The Philofophical Reader is defired to excufe 

 our breaking in upon the Subject of thefe 

 Trafts, by intermixing Hiftorical and Philo- 

 logical Matters , as alfo our exceeding the 

 Bounds ot an Extraft: But we hope the Cu* 

 riofity of the Subjeft, joyned to the Defires of 

 the Royal Society^ may make an eafie Apology 

 fuffiee. There may be many other Inftrudive 

 Remarks made thereon, which ftill deferve 

 the Confideration of the Learned, and from 

 fuch the Publick may yet exped a further Ac* 

 count. 



