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which, the images of the Sun and Venus were nearly 
equal in both. 
The author then proceeds to determine, by cal- 
culation, (the method of which he has at large ex- 
plained) the difference of longitude between the cen- 
ters of the Sun and Venus; and alfo the planets la- 
titude, which, as feen from the Earth’s center, are, 
at the time of each obfervadon, as in the following 
table. 
N..B, The author has not mentioned the exaft 
quantity of the Sun’s parallax, which he made ufe of 
in thefe computations : but, from fome trials, it fhould 
feem, that he fuppofed the parallax of the Sun to be 
JO-I or ii feconds. 
True 
