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{{outdent|An Accompt of such of the more notable Celestial Appearances of the Year 1670, as will be conspicuous in the English Horizon; and among them, an Eclipse of the Sun, in part visible here in England, though pretermitted, as such, by others; as also of divers Stellar Eclipses, to be caused by the Moon, covering several Fix'd Stars.{{em|0.5}} Some Observations concerning the Barometer and Thermometer, made by Dr. Beale in Somerset; and others of the like nature, made by Dr. John Wallis in Oxford.{{em|0.5}} An Accompt of a small Tract, entitled, {{sp|THOMÆ}} HOBBES Quadratura Circuli, Cubatio Sphæræ, Duplicatio Cubi, {Secundo Edita,) Denuò Refutata, A. JOH. WALLIS, S. T. D. &c.}}

My Lord,

Mong those many Illustrious, Noble, and Generous Persons, who have the honour to be in the Lift of the R. Society, I find numbered some Astronomers, whom our Age accounts its Glory, and our Arts their Support: which induces me