M\fceUanea Curioja. 4.5 



At London, in the Year i$8o, the Variation 

 was obferv'd by Mr. Burrows to be 1 1° 1 5' Eaft. 

 In Anno 1 6*22, the fame was found by Mr. Gun- 

 ter to be but 6° o f Eaft. In the Year 1634, Mr. 

 QeHibrand found it 4 0 5' Eaft. In 1 657, Mr. Bond 

 obferv'd that there was no Variation at London. 

 Anno 1671, my felf obferv'd it 2 0 36' to the 

 Weft; and in the Year 1692, I again found it 

 6° oo 1 Weft. So that in 112 Years the Directi- 

 on of the Needle has chang'd no lefs than feven- 

 teen Degrees. 



At Paris, Orontius Fin<eus about the Year I £ 5*0, 

 did account it about eight or nine Degrees Eaft 

 Variation. Anno 1 640, it was found three De- 

 grees Eaft. Anno 1 6 60, there was no V ariati- 

 there, and Anno 1 681, I found it to be 2 0 gO r 

 to the Weft. 



At Cape £ Agulbas, the moft Southerly Pro- 

 montary of Africa, about the Year i6"oo, the 

 Needle pointed due North and South without Va- 

 riation, whence the Portuguese gave its name. 

 Anno 1622, there was two Degrees Weft Vari- 

 ation. Anno 1675, it was 8° 50' Weft ; and in 

 the Year 1691, it was curioufly obfery'd not lefs 

 than eleven Degrees Weft. 



At St. Helena^ about the Year 1600, the 

 Needle declin'd eight Degrees to the Eaft. An- 

 no 1623, it was but 6° o 9 Eaft. Anno 1677, 

 when I was there, I obferv'd it accurately on 

 Shoar to be c°. 40' Eaft ; and in 1692 it was 

 found about i° to the Weft ward of the North. 



At Cape Comorine in lndU % in the Year 1620, 

 there was 14° 20' Weft Variation. In the Year 

 1680, there Was 8° 48', but now lately in the 

 Year 1688, it was no more than 7 0 30', fo that 

 here the Needle has return'd to the Eaft about fe- 

 vcn Degrees in feventy Years. 



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