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the Morning a thick Fog overfpread the Horizon ; 
about nine o'Clock this Fog condenfed into fmall 
Drops of Rain, which fell (lowly: Soon after, the Va- 
pours were colle&ed into thin Clouds, particularly in 
that Part about the Sun. Then the Sky became clear 
about the North, and there blew a gentle Wind a 
little to the South of the Eaft. 
After Noon, Clouds gather'd to the Weft; about 
go Minutes after Twelve, the whole Hemifphere was 
overcaft, but in the Evening it became clear and fe- 
rene on all Sides. On the following Days, from the 
1 2th to the 17th of January , N. S. the Sky was con- 
ftantly cloudy or dark, and the Sun feldom feen thro' 
the breaks of the Clouds. On the 18th Day, the 
Weather clear'd up, which lafted three Days. On the 
2 1 ft, that I am writing thefe Obfervations, the whole 
Surface of our Hemifphere is overcaft with Clouds $ 
and therefore this Appearance of Parhelia has not 
been attended with any uncommon Weather. 
N. B. The Publiflier having fent Mr. ProfefTor Weidler an Ac- 
count of Mr. Neve's Observation of the Mock- Suns , feen by him 
in England. , which feem to agree in fo many Circumftances with 
thofe feen by the other in Germany : the Profeflor faith in his 
Anfwer, Cc That it feems to him very worthy of Remark, that Far- 
<c heliaj fo very much alike, fhould appear two fubfequent Days in 
<c Places fo diftant from each other ; which indicates a fimilar State 
cc of the Air or Atmofphere in both. ” This extraordinary Incident 
put the ProfeiTor upon writing an Eflay on the Caufe of Farbelia , 
and accordingly he hath published a fmall Pamphlet in Quarto, in- 
tituled, Jo. Friderici IVeidleri commentatio de Farheliis menfe Janu- 
^ rii Anno M.DCC.xxxvi. prope Fetroburgum Anglia , & Vitemburga 
iSaxonum vifts. Accedit de Rub ore Cali igneo menfe Decembri Anno 
* 737. obfervato Corollarium. Vitembergia, 1738. in 410. 
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