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An Extrad of two Letters of M> Hevelius, of June 19- and of 
OUob, 7* 1671 5 containing fome of his late Cekilial Ob" 
fcrvations, touching Saturn obfcur'd by the Moon 3 a bu- 
w^rEdipfe; and an Occulration of the firft of the Satellits 
of fupiter hy the Shadow of this Planet 5 a Tranfic of Jupiter 
and the M^/?;ji and a lace Appearance of 4y«3/2^r?3: All here 
deliver'd in the Languagej wherein the Authot^ communi- 
cated it^ 
'\~\Vper^ Junii fi, rurfus Saturnum a Luoa teSlum mihi 
^% ex vdto annotare obtiqit : Initium Qccultationis accidit hard 
matutink hk Dantifci 3.5§'.27". circa Moncem Gerraaoici jnum* 
Lima Itineraria^ quantum ex Jolo injrrejju kaud obfcui e colligere li' 
euit^ tranjiit per M.Minzm 5 centrum fere Luna^ per W.Hormi- 
nium, i^/* Hcrculis, ^ juperiorem partem Maris Cafpii. 
fpeHaculum multojucundijfimum, Sole orventCj Saturnum occultari^ 
ac Tubo 20. ped, appui/um diJlinBe admodum amm advert ere 
facies tamen S aturni genuina^ ejnfque annuity eo Tubo^ eoque tern- 
pore, baud (atis accurat^y ob diluculum Solemque Hori^ntt adeo 
vicinum^ apparuit i hinc etiam S aturni exitum^ ut ut omnem admo- 
verim lapidem^ neutiquam deprehendere mihi licuit > praj'ertim cum 
Sol ad duodecim propemodum ^adus jam elevaretur, JSJihileminur 
meriib nobis qratulamur^qtibd banc rarijjimam QCCultationemSaturni 
nobis pbfirvare obtigerit. Ego^ quantum meminiy bis tantum 5 fi 
hujus anni obfervationem excipim j intra 41* annos y Saturnum h 
Luna tellumvidi ; Anno nimirum 16^0^ die 2^, Jnnii^ve/pjjor.ll^ 
cum in freto Danico circa Infulam Huennani verfarer : Rurfnf 
Anno 1661. die 3^ AuguftifeV Dantifci 7.58'.20\ vefp.lSam 
etfi tales Occultationesf^pius continuants non tamen femper jerenitm 
C<eli affulget, ut eas obfervare pojjimm^ nec momentum Ccnjm^icnis 
in nqfiro jemper accidit Heri^onte, 
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