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# Title: [Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica] Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 166)
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PHTLOSODHLLE NAEURALIS
DE MorD duas parvaS, quarum una media est erium in recta linea in Viroi-
nis australi manu, ex altera est extrema alae. Onde Cometa tunc
Fuie in r 22. 40 cum laticudine australi 50. Lodem die Bo-
stoniae in Nova. Anelia in Lacicudine 423 graduum, hora quinta
matutina, (id est Londini hora macucina 9. 44) Cometa visus
est prope E cum lacicudine australi 181. 30, uri 2 Cl. Ial-
leio accepi.
Nov. 19. HOrZ mat. a Cantabriciae, Cometa (observance ju-
vene quodam) distabat a Spica ne quali 251. Boreazephrrum
versus. Eodem dic hor. 5. mat. Bostoniae in Nova Anelias C0-
meta distabat a Spica ne oradu uno, difterencia lacitudinum ex-
iltente 40. Eodem dic in Insula Zamaica, Cometa dictabat a Spica
incerrallo quasi gradus unius. Ec ex his obserracionibus incer (e
collatis colliso, quod hora 9. 4. 4. Londini, COCTa CraE in R X8 8F.
40. cum lacitudine australi 18r. T8 circiter. Eodem dic D. Ar-
thurus Scorer 2d Aurium P atuxent, ProDC FTunting. Creeke in Mary-
Land, in continio Virginiae in L ac. 3828. hora quinta matutina
(id cAt, hora 10 Londini) Cometam vidit supra Spicam me, e
cum Spica propemodum conjunctum, existence distantia inter col-
dem quali 25. Obserrator idem, eadem hora diei sequentis,
Cometam vidie quasi 25. inferiorem Spica. Congruent hx ob
Terrationes cum obserrationibus in Nova Anelia e famaica Factis,
Si modo distantia (pro motu diurno Comeixe) nonnihil augean-
TUT, ita uE Cometa die priore superior esset Spica ne, alcitudinc
Ter. circiter, ac die posteriore inferior cadem Aella, alcitudine per-
Pendiculari 38r. 40.
NOV. 20. D. MontenaruS AArONOMIX PFOFCNOE Paduensis, HOra
Texta macutina Venetiis (id cAt, hora 5. 10 Londini) Cometam
vidie in  238, cum lacicudine australi 185. 30. Fodem dic
Bostoniae, dittabat Cometa a Spica ne, 45. longicudinis in orien-
cem, adeoque crat in r 238. 24 circiter.
LIOV, 2T. Ponthaens ec Tocii hOr. mat. 72 Cometam observa-
runE in  278c. 50, cum lacieudine australi 18. 26; Anco hora
quinea maturina in = 278. 453 Montenarus in  2785. 51. RO.
dem die in Insula Famaica, Cometa rilus est prove principium
Scorpii, eandemque circiter lacieudinem habuie cum Spica Virgi-
nISs Id CA, 26r. 2.
N0v. 22. Cometa visus est a Montenaro in M 2. 33. Bostoniae
urem in Nova Anclia apparuie in M 3e. circiter, cadem fere
cum lacicudine 2c prius, id est, 281 30. F odem die Londini.
hora
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