( 1 6i ) 
It lived with me about a Fortnight, but I could never 
perceive that it beat, after it was confin’d in the Box. 
— 
II. ObferVations of the Eclipfes of the firjl Satellite 
of Jupiter, communicated by bis Excellency Wil- 
liam Burnet, Efcfo Governor of New York, 
F. <%. S. 
Thefe Obfervations were made in the Fort of New- 
Torky for determining the Longitude of that Place 
feytis, . 
William Burnet y Cadwallader Colden^ 
James Alexander , and calculated by 
Cadwallader Golden. 
The Latitude of the Fort, was formerly determin’d 
to be 40 0 4c/. 
Auguft the 9th, 1725. 
T I M E of Emerfion at London , ac- 
cording to Mr. Bound's Tables, H. \ n 
reduced to apparent Time - 16 09 2p 
Time as it was feen at New Tork - n 10 43 
Difference of Meridians 
4 58 42 
I negleffed to write down the Altitudes which were 
taken of the Sun, for corre&ing the Clock. 
Auguft 
