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the Sun's Diftance not the 6oooth part of the 

 Diftance of the Star.. 



i. That could we advance towards the Stars 

 99 Parts of the whole Diftance, and have only 

 r L~. Part remaining, the Stars would appear lit- 

 tie bigger to us than they .do here ; for they 

 would (hew no otherwife than they do through a 

 Telefcope, which magnifies an Hundred-fold. 



3. That at leaft Nine Parts in Ten of the 

 Space between us and the nYd Stars, can receive 

 no greater Light from the Sun, or any of the 

 Stars, than what we have from the Stars in a 

 clear Night. 



4. That Light takes up more time in travel- 

 ling from the Stars to us, than we in making 

 a mft-India Voyage (which is ordinarily per- 

 fbrm'd in fix Weeks.) That a Sound would not 

 arrive to us from thence in $oooc3 Years, nor a 

 Cannon-bullet in a much longer time. This is 

 eafily computed, by allowing (according to Mr. 

 Newton) Ten Minutes for the Journey of Light 

 from the Sun hither, and that a Sound moves 

 about 1 300 Foot in a Second. 



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