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PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
For the Months of January and February , 172 5. 
The C O N T E N T S. 
I. A Differ tat ion concerning the Figure of the Earth , 
by the (fyverendjohn Theophilus Defaguliers, 
LL. D. K (R; S’. 
II. Some ObferVations made in an Oftrich, differed 
by Order of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart . By Mr. 
John Ranby, Surgeon. F. % S . 
III. An Account of the Appearance of Mercury, 
puffing over the Suns Disk, on the 19th of Octo- 
ber, 1723 determining the mean Motion , and 
fixing the Nodes of that BlaneF s Orb. By Ed- 
mund Halley, LL. D. Aflron. <%eg. and 
^ S. S. 
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