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VIM- An Account of a (Boolf entitled. Hi fieri a 
Cock ft is- Britannica, cnbus Voluminibus 
content 'a, Am bore Joanne Flamjleedio Af- 
tronomo Regio. 
'"IpHE firft Volume contains the Obfervations of 
X Mr. fViUiam Gafcoigne (the tint Inventor of 
the Way of measuring Angles in a Telefcope, by the 
Help of Screws ^ and the firff that applied Telefcopi- 
cal Sights to Agronomical Inflrumems) taken at Mid- 
dleton , near Leeds , in Torkjhire , betwixt the Years 
1638 and 1643, excerpted from his Let ers to Mr. 
Crabtree * 3 with fome of Mr. Crabtree's Obfervations 
of the fame Years:, as alfo Obfervations of the Sun’s 
and Moon’s Diameters:, Configurations and Elonga- 
tions of Jupiter ' s Satellites from him, fmail Dillances 
of fixed Stars, with Appul'fes of the Moon and Pla- 
nets to them, obferv’d with a Telefcope and Micro- 
meter at Derby , by Mr. Flamjleed , betwixt the 
Years 1670 and .1675 , with the larger intermutual 
Di fiances of fixed Stars, and of the Planets from 
them } Eclipfes of the Sun, Moon, and Jupiter s Sa- 
tellites, Spots on the Sun, Comets and Refractions, 
taken with a Sextant of near feven Foot .Radius, a 
voluble Quadrant, and the above- mention’d Jnftru- 
mems, betwixt the Years 1675 and 1689, at his Ma- 
jefly’s Obfervatory, rank’d under proper Heads, 
with the Places of the Moon , Saturn Jupiter Mars , 
Venus and Mercury , deduced from the Obfervations, 
and alfo necelfary Tables to be us’d with them. 
The fecond Volume contains his Obfervations 
(made with a mural Arch of near feven foot Radius , 
and 14c Degrees on the Limb) of the meridional 
Zenith 
