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XXX. Mr. John Bradley \r Obfervation of 
the Occult ation of Venus by the Moon ; 
communicated by Mr. James Short, F. R.S. 
Read June 6. 'll /FR. Gael Morris having favour’d me 
I75K W X with the obfervation of the late oc- 
cultation of Venus by the moon, taken at Greenwich 
with great exadnefs by Mr John Bradley, I am in- 
duced fo lay the fame before the Royal Society, in 
order to fhew its very near agreement with thofe 
phafes, which Dr. Bevis obferved at my houfe in 
Surry-ftreet, allowing for the difference of meridians. 
I muff take notice, that, befides the advantage of a 
fix-foot refledor with a great magnifying power, 
which fliew’d the planet’s limb very well defined, he 
had alfo another, which the dodor had not, I mean 
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