


32 Original Letter of Mr. Flam/fieed. 
tion, under the fictitious name of An- 
geloni, will richly repay the perufal. 
“There is great originality and much en- 
tertainment in them. His Vindication of 
Admiral Byng is a ftrong performance, 
and throws great ojium upon thole whe 
fuffered that unfortunate man to fall, to 
fcreen themfelves. He was originally 
an apothecary, then a chemift ; and un- 
derwent great changes of fortune. 
Tuomas Newton, BisHor oF 
BRISTOL. 
Turs ingenious and pious prelate had 
mot a great depth of learning, but he 
made up for it by a great extent of 
reading. He condenfed all that he had 
read on the prophecies into an excellent 
treatife. Though ftriétly orthodox, and 
firmly attached to the church, of which 
fie was certainly a brilliant ornament, he 
yet entertained a notion which few or- 
thodox men are willing to encourage, 
end that was the everlafting mercy of 
Ged to all mankind, exhibited in the ul- 
timate falvation or deliverance of them 
from the bonds of mifery, and the power 
ef corruption. ‘The view of a final re- 
ftoration of univertal happinefs by the 
Saviour of the world, opened his mind 
ta 2 repugnance to the horrid notion 
which dcoms a confiderable part of the 
rational creation to eternal. punifhment, 
in the regiens of darknefs and defpair. 
The Reverend Mr. Thomas Broughton, 
vicat of St. Mary Redcliffe, Briftol, and 
author ef a Dictionary of ell Religions, in 
folic, had the honour of convincing the 
geod bifhop of the weak foundation on 
which that mercilefs doétrine has been 
built; for this amiable prelate made it 
his conftant practice to pay frequent and 
femiliar vifits to all his clergy, and en- 

ccared himfelf greatly to them. V. 
——SE 
2 exacd?i Copy of a curiezs original Letter 
fiom. Mr. Joba HElamfleed, the fajt 
Afronomer- Royal, at ibe Obfervatory of 
flamfiecd-Houfe, in Greenwich Park, io 
Sev Jonas Mosre, Kt. the then Surveyor- 
General of ibe Ordnance. 
“ For S* Jonas Moore at 
ye Tower, theie.” 
« The Obfervatery, Feb. 8, 1673.” 
« St 
I have examined the meane mo- 
tions y* fufpeéted erroneous and find 
them. accurate to fixths, and farther 
more needleffe fince y* error of one fixth 
ina day will not amount to more y" ye 
2oth pt of a third, in 1800 yeares 
which is as far back as any obferuations 
of the fun extend: You will therefore 
[Feb. 
find fome other caufe of the fault in y* 
calculation ; for mine giues the funs re- 
turn to his apoge or the circle of meane 
anomaly to be compleated in 365% 
06" 69’ 17” 29” 44'", as y* may fee by 
this proofe.” 
“ The earths meane diurnall motion is © 
; 59 08" 19" 43% 47% 21% 
Diurnal receffe of y* 
equinodiial points - 8 42 48 47 
Therefore y* eartas diusnali motion of Ano- 
maly is - 59 o8 ir 30 68 34 
And in 60 days 1° 29° 08’ 11” 30” sxiv 34 

— 

In 120 — 3 28 16 23 OF 57 08 
240 -— 7 26 32 46 03 54 16 
360---I! 24 49 09 O05 51 24 
5 dayes— 455 ae ae eas 
6houres — 54 47 @2 §2 45 
9 min. — — == 22 10 34 19 
17 {cc eee ee 53 2G 

44 fourthes _- —- — I- 48 

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“‘ Therefore y® fidereall yeare is as 
aboue ftated ; the worke has beene a 
little troublefome to me tocleare from 
my ald papers & I thinke I might 
haue eafier wrought it anew in decimalls 
then haue beene at the labor I haue to 
ftate it thus. J haue repeated the worke 
from my papers at large that y* might 
be fully fatisned of it & phaps it may 
be ufefull to preuent miftakes in your 
owne JI haue no more to adde but that 
I thinke I fhall waite. upon y® againe on 
Tuefday morning next in the meane 
time I with y* all health & happinefie 
& ref y® humble feruant 
“JOHN FLAMSTEED. 
*« The waterman that brings this one 
Jeremy Holt is hee whom | tould y* of 
at the Tower Mr Stevens Mr Gammon 
& fome others haue fpoken to me much 
in his commendations for a fober and 
difcreet fellow & one yt will be Very 
diligent: he was defirous to waite upen 
ys and [ gaue him this opportunity.” 
‘The above Sir Jonas Moore, from be- 
ing imply a country fchoolmafter in 
Yorkfhire, by his merit, and the king’s 
favour, for whom he rendered fervices 
in that county, rofe to high rank, and 
enjoyed feveral pofts of honour under 
the crown, and among others, that of 
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 3 in 
which fituation he was of great fervice 
to literature and to learned men; and was 
the means of efiablifhing the Royal Ob- 
fervatory, and placing his friend Mr. 
Flamfteed there as the firft Aftronomer 
Royal, a 
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