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An Intimation of divers Thilofophieal particulars^ nowmderta" 
l^n and confder'd by fever al Ingenious and Learned men • here 
inferted to excite others to joynvoith them in the fame or the 
like Attempts and Obfervations, 
Flrfl^ we have notice given us 3 that at P^r^ the Excel* 
lent Signior Cajftni hath lately detefted again Spots in 
the Sun> of which none have been feen thefe many years, 
that we know of. *Tis hoped that that learned Aftrono* 
mer will ftiortly publifli a Defcripcion of what he lhall 
have obferved of this kind* Mean time we cannot but ac* 
quaint the Curious, that^as far as we can learn, the laft ob- 
fervation in England of any Solar Spots , was made by our 
Noble Philofopher Mr. Boyl ^ who, upon an occafional 
difcourfe of this Sabjeib, was pleafed to communicate 
what he hadobf: rved of this kind, as he found it regiftred 
in his Notes^ viz* 
Friday^ April 27* 1660^ about 8 of the cloe\inthe Morniis^^ 
there appear' d a Spot in the lomr limb of the Sun a little towards 
the South of its Equator , which was entred about U of the 
Diameter of the Sun^ it f elf being about 4, in its jhortefl Via- 
meter ^of that of the Sun ; its longejl, about of the fame^ It 
di f appear d upon Wednejday Morning ( May 9'* ) though we faw 
it the day b^ore about lO in the morning to be near about the fame 
di fiance from the IVefi-wardlimb a little South of its sequator, 
that it firfi appeared to be from the Eafi^wardMmb^ 
tv.-!-:-^ ^ ^^^^^^ South alfo of its sequator, Jt feem^d to move 
fafler in the middle of the Sun than towards the 
iilwI^S ^ ^^0' dark^Spot ahnofl of aqua^ 
fei;-v->':v/ dr angular form^ and was enclofed round with a kind 
of duskjp cloudy much in this form and in ihisfro^ 
portion to the Spot. 
