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meters, have thought the nth of June 1748 was 
hotter: But I imagine the. Reafon to be, that .the 
Heat this Year came on gradually from Day to Day j 
whereas in the Year 1748 it was much more fudden j 
the Thermometer then rifing 22 Dcgiees more in 
one Day than the preceding ; which, consequently, 
would make the Difference between one Day and 
another appear the more extraordinary. Brit, by my 
Obfervations on the ntho f June 1748, Hauksbee’s 
Thermometer hood at 14-^5 full 6 Degrees cooler 
than on die nth of this prefent July, lam, 
Norwich, July 23. 
1750. 
SIR, 
Tour moft humble Servant , 
William Arderon. 
• ‘ '• >0 *0 1 if- IqL* 
< P. S. Several Horfes have dropped down dead un- 
der their Matters, overcome by this violent Heat. 
X. A total Eclipfe of the Moon, obferved 
Dec. 2, 1750. in the Morning in the 
Strand, London, about 5" of Eime Weft of 
St. Paul’j-, and 2ft Weft of the Royal Ob- 
fervatory at Greenwich ; by Dr . Bevis and 
Mr. James Short B \ R . S. 
RtaJ Dec. 
1750. 
It 
SENSIBLE Renumbra h r 
(Dec. i.) at 16 . 32 o 
The Eclipfe judged to begin at 36 yo 
Grimaldi 
