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fide of the Line , of fueh , as lie between tn eLdEquator and Tro- 
pick of Owor'i but beyond the Line, of fuch, as are fituate to- 
wards the other Tropic} - and in all places, of fuch, as^t the time 
of Qbfei ration, are about 4. hours diftant from the Meridian ; 
An Account 
of fome obfervations , lately made /V Spain, by 
t; Bis Excellency the Earl of .Sandwich. 
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T He Right Honourable the Earl of Sandwich , as he appears 
_ eminent in difcharging the Ti uft 3 his Majefty hath repofed 
in him , of AmbafTador Extraordinary to the King of Spain ; fo 
he forgets not in the midft of that Employment , that he is a 
Member of the Royal Society $ but does from time to time, when 
his weighty State-Negotiations do permit , imploy himfelfin 
making confiderable Obfervations of divers kinds , both Agrono- 
mical and Phyfio logical*, and communicateth the fame tothefaid 
Society. • as for inftance, lately , what he has obferv’d concerning 
the Solar Eclipfe in ftune laft , the Suns height in t he Solftice , and 
alfo the Latitude of Madrid, efteeming by the Suns Altitude in 
the Solflice , and by other Meridian Altitudes , the Latitude of 
Madrid t 0 be 40 deg. 10 min^ which differs confiderably from that 
ailigned by others 5 the General Chart of Europe giving to it 
41 deg; 30 min. the General Map of Spain , 40 deg. 27 mm„ 
A large Provincial Map of Caflile, 40 deg. 3 8 min. 
* To thefe particulars , and others formerly imparted, his Ex- 
cellency is making more of the fame nature • and particularly 
thofeof thelmmerfionof the Satellites oifupiter. 
Wemuft not omit mentioning here, what he hath obferved of 
Balds about the Moon which he relates in thefe words 5 
Bccemh. 25. old Style , 1 666. In the Evening , here (Vid. at 
Madrid ) was a great Halo about the Moon , the Semidiameter 
whereof was about 23 deg. 30 min. Aldebaran was juft, in the 
North- eajl part of the circle , and the two Horns of Aries juft 
enclofed by the South-weft of the Circle , the Moon being in the 
Center. I note this the rather (faith he') becaufe five or fix years 
ago, vid. Novemb. 21. old Style, 1661, an hour after Sun-fet, 
I faw a great Halo about the Moon of the fame Semidiameter , 
at 
