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The eighth Obfervation contains his Calculus for 
the total Eclipfe of the Moon which happened Febru- 
ary 13 j i72'9> AT. S. but the Heavens being very 
cloudy, he could not obferve the Eclipfe itfelf. 
The ninth is an Obfervation of Mercury^ March 
4, 1719; at which Time the Planet was fartheft 
from the Sun, and remained fome Time above the Ho* 
rizon. Making ufe therefore of a twenty.two Foot 
Tclefcope, he obferved its Phafe almoft bilTeded, and 
its Diameter appeared equal to a third Part of the Di- 
ameter of Fenus^ this Planet being above the Hori- 
zon, and feen at the fame Time. 
The thirteenth is a Conjundion of Venus and the 
Moon^ ^prtl 1719. At 7 H. 13' he ob- 
ferved Venus placed in fuch manner near the Moon^ 
that the Horns of the Moon were in the fame right 
Line with Venus^ which was then diftant from the 
Southern Cufp of the Moon i Deg. Io^ At 7 H. 
30'. he meafured the Diftance of Venus from the 
Eaflern Cufp of the Pleiades x Deg. 15*', and the 
Horn of the Moon at the fame Time was diflant from 
the fame Cufp i Deg. 5*3', 45'' , the intermediate Di- 
ftance of the Horns of the Moon was 29' 30". 
His laft Obfervation is on the Declination of the 
Magnetical Needle in this and the former Year, which 
he defines to be Deg. o' 55" Weft at PFittembergy 
at this Time. 
Thefe Obfervations are followed by the Author^s 
Account of the laft hard Winter. This fet in fooner 
than ufual, the Rivers being frozen the 19th of Sep- 
temher^ though they ufed not to be fo till the Winter 
Solftice, and the Spirit of Wine in the Englip Ther- 
mometer, on September xi, fell to the 66th Degree: 
At 
