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following the Day ^voas fio darh^ that People *were 
forced to light Candles to eat their Dinners by. 
Which could not be from an Eclipfe, the Solar Eclipfe 
being the 4th of that Month. 
On Feb. 13, i7if> he obferved an Imraerfion of the 
firft Satellite of Jupiter , at xo* 48' 17"; and on 
Feb. 8 I obferved an Emerfion at 8 h 7’ 30" 3 accord- 
ing to which the Difference of Longitude between 
Harvard-College and Upminfier is ^ 45', and 
Mr. Robie fays, that it is 4 h 44' from London , by 
the la t eft and beft Obfervations. 
Sept. 2,3, 1717, Mr. Robie obferved the Solar 
Eclipfe 
The Beginning at 11 h 2.3 
The Middle at 1 h 47' or thereabout. 
The End at 3 h ■ 5' 10 " D M ' 
About 9 Digits were Eclipfed. 
OBob. 5 following he obferved the Southing of the 
Moon, at 9 h 31'/. M. 
On Feb. 27, 171 f, Mr. Robie faw the Moon co- 
ver Aldebaran at about 9 h 18' p. M. and the Star 
to emerge at io h 20' p. M. then by his Meri- 
dian Inftrument (fuch as I have deferibed in Pbilof. 
franf. Numb. 291) being z' too flow 3 fothat 2' are to 
be added to the Time mentioned. 
March 10, 171I, Mr. Robie obferved an Emerfion 
of the firft Circumjovial at 10 h 45' 37". 
Sept. 24, 1718, Mr. Robie obferved the Moon 
to South at 9 h 38', or thereabout: On the 27th 
at io.h 22' 32 " p. M. On the 26th at 26' 
p. M. 
Decemb. 5, a great fiery Meteor was feen in the 
Morning about Break of Day. And on the 9th, about 
half 
