zSMore JVayes 
For the fame Furpofe , Intimated by i SM, 
Hook. 
I Have by me ( faith Mr. H.) twoor three feveral wayes of Mear 
faring the Diameters of the Planets, whether Horizontal, Per 
fendicular , or Inclined^ to the exa&acfs of a Second , by the 
help of a T elefcofe : As alfo, of taking the Portion and Diftance 
of the Small Fixt Stars one from another, or from any of the 
lefs bright Planets , if the Diftance be not above two or three 
Degrees . 
The Particulars hereof the Author refers to the next. Oppor- 
tunity., 
Oh) r ervations 
Of the Star, called Nebulofa, in the Girdle of 
Andromeda • and of theJVondrous Star in 
the Meek of the Whale : made and com - 
mmicated by Monfeur Bullialdus. 
•A Nno 1667, m-.sfamdry, when -thq Cloudy andMifty weather, 
* which had continued for a good while, did permit us to ob - 
ferve, the S t a x Nebulof t y in the Girdle of Andromeda ( which may 
well enough be feen by the bare Eye ) appeared much obfeurer 
than the Y ear before. In the Mont hs of February and March I did 
not fee it. 
Anno 1667, tfamatt 20. at Night, h,6. 30. the Sky being 
pretty ferene, the Star in the Neck of th t Whale, did approach to 
the bignefs of a Star of the Sixth Magnitude , and grew bigger 
afterwards. 
February 12, k 6 , 30 .1 faw the fame again, equalling now a 
Star of the Fourth Magnitude at lead. 
February 24, /?. 7, This Star was equal to thofe of the Third 
Magnitude , fhining very bright. 
O o o 2 February 
