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“ A paper communicated from Mr. Savery at 
“ Exon, containing a new method for meafur- 
“ ing the difference between the apogeal and 
“ perigeal diameters of the fun, was fliewn ; and 
u thanks being ordered. Dr. Bradley was de- 
“ iired to oblige the Society with an account of 
u its contents. 
“ Odob. 27, 1743.” 
Upon mentioning laff year the whole of what I 
have now repeated to you, your lordftiip was pleafed 
to promife to fpeak to Dr. Bradley, who was then in 
Oxfordfti ire, concerning this paper of Mr. Savery ; 
in conlequence of which, I, about the end of laft 
May, received the original paper of Mr. Savery from 
the Dodor’s hands. 
The volume of the Royal Academy for the year 
1748 being now publiftied, I have found, that F. 
Pezenas’s information was juft, and therefore I have 
fent inclofed to your lordftiip, as Prefident of the 
Royal Society, the original paper of Mr. Savery, 
which, if your lordftiip thinks proper, may be re- 
turned to the Society. 
Your lordftiip will obferve, upon the back of the 
original paper of Mr. Savery, a memorandum in the 
hand-writing of our late worthy Prefident, Martin 
Folkes, Efq; as a further proof of its authenticity, 
which runs in thefe words, 
“ Delivered to me by Mr. Graham, fealed up 
tc by the author, and then broke open in his 
u prefence 2 26 Od. 1743. 
“ M. Folkes.'* 
I have likewife, my lord, in my hands, an origi- 
nal letter of Mr. Savery to the late Mr. Geo. Graham 
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