MISCELLANIES, OR A MISCELLANEOUS TREATISE

Containing Several Mathematical SubjectsSince Mayer s T ahles came intomy hands, I had a mind to try their exahinefs, hy comparing them with Dr. Halley s Ohfervations. A ccordingly I found them to come very near in mod cafes, hut not in all. For in many cafes Dr Halley s T ahles come nearer and fo do fome other Tahles that I tried. And in making the/e comparifons here and there I found fometimes an error of 2 minutes or more, and feveral not much floort of 2 minutes For example, Dec. Gtft, 1725, the error is 7an. Gift, 1726, the error is +2 find Apr. 15th, 1728, the error is 2 3 So that it may he truly faid, that no Tables extant can he depended upon to give the Moon s place true to two minutes contrary to the confident ajertzons of our lzt~ tle A, B, C, Critic, who has heenfo hot upon the matter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.