a 7 4- MifceUanea Cur to fa. 



have tryed them when the Horizontal Moon 

 had look'd ten times more large in Diame- 

 ter than ordinary *, and then if it' be true, 

 that even by an Inftrument fhe will be found 

 proportionally broader than really flie fhould 

 fubtend an Angle of 300 Minutes, or 5 De- 

 grees : for very often I have feen the Moon 

 when fhe appeared 10 times broader than or- 

 dinary, which the fmall addition of 8 or 10 

 Minutes to her ufual Diameter will never 

 Caufe. 



Laftly,as an Apology for my reviving this 

 difquilition to that Noble Company of Englijh 

 Philofophers, I (hall only imitate the words 

 of the forementioned Abbe's Letter. Pour U 

 Raifon de cette Apparence^ & de la tromperie de 

 nos Sens, je la tiens plus Difficile a trouver y -que 

 les plus grands Equations d? Algebre, & quand 

 *uous y aurez bien penfe, vous rri* Obligerez de m? 

 en dire voftre Sentement^ &c. 



After which I have only to fubfcribe my 

 felf -an unworthy Member, and an humble 

 Servant and Admirer of that Illuftrious Com- 

 pany. 



WiUiam Molyneux. 



Dublin 

 March 10. 8£. 



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