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fome Degree tranfparent upon applying a Candle, 
as ufed in the Hydrocele ? And may not that direct 
the proper Place for Pun&ures ? 
Thefe are Conjectures ; but I am, with great Truth, 
and the higheft Refped, 
SI R, 
Tour mojl obliged > 
Plymouth, June 8. 1739. and mofl obedient , 
humble Servant, 
J* Huxham. 
I have taken the Liberty to fill up this Letter with 
a Scheme of the Phafe of the Sun, October 31ft, 
tiR 12". as taken by my Telefcope, which is a 
very good one of 10 Feet ; but as I had neither 
Crofs-Hairs, Micrometer, or other exadfc Inftruments, 
the Obfervation may not be very exaft: Befides, I 
had only a Glimpfe of the Sun for 7 or 8 Minutes. 
App. Time A fmall .well-defined 
H h s' «*’'•- Spot, which I took for 
j ^ though not fo opake 
•mjBcIo /' \ as 1 ex P caed< 
• 9 >iEdo. — 2^:^,,. T\ 
•ppnj 940CU... ,,/J ft * 'T”” more lucid. 
•pioq sjoeu..^. W ; W” 
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opake. 
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