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IL A Letter fent to the Publijher of theje hanf^ 
anions ^ concernhg an abftrati of fome ob/er- 
vations maJe of the Eclipfe of the $un^ Sep- 
tember 1 * ^99» 
' SIR, 
Astrological predidions about the Eclipfe of the 
Sun, ScpL 13. 1699, having raiC^cl the expeda* 
tions of tiie Carious, and the event having fo little 
anfwered dicnh that many Cefpecially about London^ 
where the air was ■ ijck and foggy all the time of the 
Eclipfe) did dot J ether there were any Eclipfc or 
not on tiia^ - fo few of the Obfervations 
made in otnci , . England having been fincepub- 
lifbed, made me bo.je iw^k Mr Worzdbaurs Obfervak 
tions and Defcnption Ci it, printed by himfelf at Nu- 
renberg , would be grateful to the Well-wi(hers to 
Aftronomy. Wherefore ( not being able to procure 
Iiis Book here in England) I have tranflated an Abftrafl: 
thei eof which I found in the Leiffick Acta. Eruditomm 
of Decemher i69i), 3nd have here fent it you to be print- 
ed in your next Tranfaftions, if you think fit : It may 
poflxbly excite fome of thofe that obferved it carefully 
here, to fend you theirs, to be likewife communicated 
to the publick in fome of your next Tranfaftions. 
The Eclipfe of the Sun on the lyh i?/ September, 1699. 
obferved at Nurenberg by John Philip Worzelbaur. 
Printed at Nurenberg by the Sons of Joh. Andn En- 
ter, in 2 targe Sheets in FoL and an half Sheet Plate. 
AMongft divers Obfervations communicated to us 
of the late Remarkable Eclipfe of tiie Sun, we 
E e e e e have 
