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We reckon Surrey-Street 2 7 Seconds in Time 
Weft of the Royal Obfervatory at Greenwich . 
Mr, John Gatlin had a few Days before deliver’d 
me a Computation of this Eelipfe, corrected from 
two Places of the Moon, obferv’d the 28th of Fe* 
b.ruary and the 2d of March 1729, correfponding 
pretty nearly with her prefent Situation 5 as likewife 
from the Star’s Pofition, as I had rectify ’d it from 
feveral late Obfervations ; and this gave the 
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Immerfion at — - - — • 8 26^ 
Emerfton — • — — 9 \o 
J. Bevis, 
VI. An Obfervation of an uncommon Gleam 
of Light proceeding from the Sun, by Mr. 
Peter Collinfon F. R. S. 
Head March 19. /^N the 8th of March 1746-7, near 
i74 * 7 ‘ 8 o’Clock in the Morning, as I 
was riding within three Miles of Brentwood in 
Ejfex , there appeared a lingular Phenomenon in the 
Heavens $ the Sketch (Tab. . Fig. .) may give 
fome Idea of it. 
The Morning was fine and clear, the Sun ftione 
bright, no Cloud to be feen, but the Air a little 
hazy: Where the Phenomenon appeared, which was 
a bright cloudy Spot, feem-d a very fmall Portion of 
a Rainbow? 
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