I. Oh/eryations made hy Captilin Stzntiy^in of the Spots 
that appear d upon the ^ody of the Sun in the 
Months of M^y^ Jnnc and July, in the year 1704. 
Communicated by Mr Hodgfon, F. 5. 
Ur^thivh. y--^^ Saturday^ May the 15th, 170;, As I was obferv- 
ing the Setting of the Sun, in order to Examine my 
Clocks, there appeared two Suns, the Mock Sun feemed 
above the Real one, which was then only five degrees 
above the Horizon. Whereupon I took a good Seven 
foot Tellefcope, with a fmall Apperture, and foon dif- 
covered a Solar Spot near the Suns Center, which I de- 
figfied to Obferve more Exaftly the day following, but 
it proved Cloudy. 
Uk^theicth. Sundaj no Sun (hine. 
m^ythiiph, M&fjday^ May the 17th, At Six a Clock in the morning 
I took the fame Tellefcope, armed with a Clouded Eye- 
glafs, and immediately perceived that the Spot v/as ad- 
vanced confiderably towards the Suns Weftern Limb s it 
feem'd of a ftrong confiftence, very Compaq-, refembhng; 
a Face, and was diftant by Noon from the Anteriour 
Limb of the Sun's Diske 61 Seconds of time. See Fig, 
the 1 2th, 
mytheiZth, Tnefday^ May the i8th, At noon I found the Spot di- 
ftant from the Preceding Limb 46 Seconds of Time. 
Fig. the 1 2th. 
Miyth!i9th. Wednefday^ May the 19th, At Noon I obferved the 
Solar Spot to be moved within 33 Seconds of tin|e of, bis 
WefternLimb. Figethe lath. ^-.^ 
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