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4o° long, and i 8 or i° t broad ; the Brightnefs of the 
Moon outfliined the Comet as it came near it. 
Pleafeto excufe the Trouble of this by the Way 
of Holland j but knowing your Curiofity in Agro- 
nomy, and viewing your Synopfis of the Aftronoray 
of Comets, I thought it might be in fome meafure 
acceptable, though we had not Conveniency to take 
a very exact Obfervation of it. I am, 
S IR, 
Tour mojl humble Servant , 
John Dove. 
5 P. S. Variation per Azimuth, a. M. about four 
or five Leagues Weft from this Bay, by two Com- 
pafies, 1 6° 13' Weft ; and by eight Obfervations in 
this Bay, Azimuths and Amplitudes, the Medium 
iy° 56 Weft. 
V. An Account of two Experiments of the Fricti- 
on of Pullies. ©y the Reverend J. T. De- 
faguliers, LL. D. F. S. 
A S the Experiment which I made on Thurfday , 
January 14, 1732, before the Royal Society 
(See Philof. Tranf. N° 413.) did perfectly agree 
with 
