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nearly \ of Saturns Semidiameter h and it was about a 
Semiciia meter of the Ring from the Weftern Arifa. 
The fecond was a very little Southward of the Line, 
of the (and therefore in the Ptrig^cn Sen>kLc!e), 
above a Semidiameter of the Ring ("or about the ‘''emi- 
diameter of the Ring the Semidiam. of from, the 
Weftern /infa. And the Third, Firfl and Second were 
in a flrait Line. 
At lo^ 50'. A Perpendicular from the to the Line, 
of the Ar*[<e fell almofl on the middle of the bright part, 
ofthe Eafterii but fomewhat nearer the Center, 
than the faid middle. 
Af>ril 5'. The four innermofl: Sarellits were, 
all Eaffward of T?. The zd and in the Afog^on, 
and the ift and in the Ferig<zon Scm\c\xc\Q. A Line, 
through the zd and ^th touched the South Ea[l Limb 
of Tj. A Line palTing through the T,d and the end o£ 
the Conjugate Axis of the Ring, was parallel to the 
Line of the Anf£. 
At ii'*. ro'. A Perpendicular from the firft to the Line 
ofthe Anfa fell on the Eaftern Extremity of the Ring. 
Fig. r8. 
Thefe Dillances and DiretTions were taken only by 
Eftimation, and not by any adual Meafuremenc 
The fifth (or outermoft) Satellite being at this time .■ 
near itsgreateft Elongation Eafi; ward, among feveral ve^ 
ry fmail Telelcopick Stars, he could not determine its > 
Pofition. But by obferving the Motion of this fbme o- 
ther Nights, before, he was now fully farisfied, from the. 
Motions rediified as above, that there are five Satellits 
of Saturn, as Mr. Cajfini had long fince afTerted. 
In the bright part of each Anfa was a darkifh Ellipfe 
nearer to the.out fide than the in-fide of the Ring, as i£y 
it w'as compofed oE^two Rings near to one another. ■ 
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