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the Inventor of it. His Words are thefe, <e Supra 
“ hoc Microfcopium Catillum ferruminavi, ut oculus 
<l obje&a tanto melius videret : nam cuprum circa 
“ Microfcopium, quantum pote, lima abraferam, ut 
“ Lumen in confpicienda objefta, quantum pote, 
“ irradiaret.” 
See the Figure of this Apparatus in Tab. IV. at G. 
X. An Inquiry into the Caufes of a dry and 
wet Summer. By an anonymous Hand. 
HE wet Weather which we had in March 
1734. (the Year beginning with January) fet 
me on confidering what might be the Caufes of it. 
The Wind was then, generally. South- weft, the 
Weather rainy. Sometimes it veered to South-eaft, 
which, commonly, brought much Rain : But the 
Wind feldom flood at that Point 24 Hours, before it 
returned to South-weft again. A ftrong Gale at 
South-weft, with Rain, would be fucceeded by as 
ftrong at North- weft, ftill raining ; but if the North- 
weft continued 24 Hours, it cleared the Sky. The 
Summer following was cold and wet; the Wind on 
the fame Points. The preceding Winter was mild,, 
and efpecially December-, in which Month, from rhe 
10th inclufive, the Wind blew, generally, South- weft, 
fometimes ftrong, attended with much Rain. At 
the End of December , the Birds fang, and the Graft 
did grow as at other Years in the Spring. 
The Winter of 1734. was as mild as that of 173 3. 
the Birds as joyful, and the Graft as green at the End 
of 
