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Mr. herschel on the proper Motion 
TABLE II. 
Polaris 
+ 1 3 
f Hydra? 
+ 24 
y Ceti 
- H 
a. Hydras 
+13 
jQ Perfei 
- 10 
Ci 
/ 3 Herculis 
4 - 14 
<x Leporis 
+ 1 1 
y Cygni 
y. Geminorum 
'+ 
£ Pegaii 
~ 14 
s Can is majoris 
-f- IO 
f Pegaii 
— 20 
From the firft table we gather, that the principal flats, Lu- 
cida Lyra?, Capella, & Orionis, Rigel, Fomahand, a Ser- 
pentarii, a Aquarii, a Arietis, a Perfei, a Andromeda?, jQ 
Tauri, fo Ceti, and twenty more of the mofl diflingu idled of 
the fecond and third rank of flars, agree with our propofed folar 
motion ; when, on the contrary, the fecond table contains but 
a few flats, and not a fmgle one of the firft magnitude amongft 
them to oppofe it. ‘It is alfo remarkable, that many flars of 
the firft table agree both in right afcenfion and declination with 
the fuppofition of a folar motion, whereas there is not one 
among thofe of the fecond table which oppofes it in both direc- 
tions. This feems to indicate that the folar motion, in fome 
of them at leafl, has counter-adled, and thereby deflroyed the 
■effedt of their own proper motion in one direction, fo as to 
render it infenfible ; otherwife it would appear improbable, 
that eight flars out of twelve, contained in the latter table, 
fhould only have a motion at redlangles, or in oppofition to any 
one given diredlion. The fame may alfo be Laid of nineteen 
flars among thofe of the former table, that only agree With 
'the folar motion one way, and are as to fenfe at reft in the 1 other 
diredlion ; but thefe Angularities will not be near fo remarkable 
when we have the motion of the fun to compound with their 
6 own 
