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 Moon; nor will the times of the Phases, or the Moræ sub Luna differ much in any place of the Kingdom; nor at all, if a due consideration be had of the Differences of Meridians, and the Laws of Parallaxes.

I come now to the Phænomena themselves. Mr. Wing's Ephemerides and others tell us, that we shall have but one Eclipse, and that of the Moon, conspicuous this Year. But, pace hujus Astronomi, I dare affirm, that a pare of an Eclipse of the Sun will, if the weather permit, be visible to us also: Which I have therefore calculated from the Caroline Tables to the Meridian of Derby, whole Longitude from London, I have us'd in this Eclipse, is 6 min. to the West, and Latitude 52 deg. 57 min.

By which Tables on Saturday April 9th. at the time of Sun-set, supposed at 7 ho. 3 minutes P. M. I find,