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I. AN Account of the Sun’s Difance from the 
Earth , deduced from Mr. Short’s Observations 
relating to the horizontal Parallax oj the Sun : In 
a Letter from Peter Daval, Efq ; V. P. of R. S. to 
James Barrow, Efq j V. P. of R. S. page i 
II. Obfervatio comet ce 3 qui menfe Maio 3 A. 1759 
apparuit , fa ft a Hagce-Comit . a Petro Gabry, 
I. V. D. Societatis Reg. Scientiar. Socio, et com - 
mercio Literar. cum Academ. Scientiar. Parifenfi et 
Reg. Societ. Gotting .junfto : Communicated by Mr. 
Emanuel Mendez da Cofta, Librarian of the Roy- 
al Society. p. 3 
III. Obfervatio cujufdam Meteori igniti inflar Chap 
matis, fafta Hagae-Comit. d. 21 Decemb. 1758. 
Nov. St. d Petro Gabry, I. V. D. Socio Reg. Socle - 
tat. Scientiar. Londin. et ccmmercio Liter arum cum 
Acad. Reg. Scientiar. Parifenf. et Societ. Reg. Sclent . 
Gottingenf. junfto. Communicated by Mr. Emanuel 
Mendez da Cofta, Librarian of the R. S. p. 5 
IV. An Account op " a remarkable decreafe of the River 
Eden, in Cumberland : In a Letter to Charles Lord 
Bijhop of Carlifle, F. R, S. from William Mil- 
bourne, Efq ; p. 7 
V. An 
