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ggree with the Son V fitting the following evening i fb 
that 11 went all the time the Eclipfe was, very fteadily 
and rcgolarly v bur for th^ greater Certainty and Satif- 
faaion,J took the Aititodrsof the following Stars witH 
the Brais Quadrant wk Tclefcope Sights out of my 
Chamber Window, the So vvnefs whereof would not per- 
mit me to take them^ when they were at all higher ele- 
vated. 
..in dextro burner oOrionis/ 
So that 
inyCloGk 
went bf 
thefeOb- 
ler^ati- 
OHs near- 
eft I* to© 
faft. 
By the Watch 
Comp. Alt. 
Differ. 
h ; 
h ' r 
6 is 
78 18 
6 13 40 . 
I ^0 
6 21 i ^ 
77 03- 
6 20 28^ 
I G2 
76 II 
6- 25 08 ■ 
- I 07 
Procyon 
8 08 04 
77 20 
I II 
Mi 
j6 20 
8 13 32 
21 
8 19 56 
.1 24 
Re- loTi 
. 77 
JO 07 18 
I 12 
gulus ijk 
76- II ■ 
la 15 $8 
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This is all the account that can be given at pre 
fent, by 
Sir, 
Tour Hnmhle Servant^ 
T. B 
I had the good fortune (by the affiftance of fome in- 
genious Friends in Pinch-Lane, near the Exchange^ to 
make fome few observations of the laft oi December the 
iith, 1704 (of which I gave an ccount to this Honour- 
able Society fome time fince) as follows, 
The Heavens being cloudy mofl: part of the night, 
it was §5' after 4 in the morning following, before I 
could 
