The If '^ T 38 u Rc^iL R 1 SiTlOjR.I
,on to Aftronony, i hay^i-^ jth-at^eielge.
:Now we have only kft us thefe imperfect. Papers , .digged not
without great care and dabonr^.by thatXgaraed Mathematician
Dr. JohnTTallfc Prtsfeflbr of .Matherngtiefes ip the Univf^ty of
wh,6teto d^pccur,, •
-oiTfrftfi'Mbsf Keplerian Aftrofloijiy afleifei ,,,- and promoted,
which .this Author uhdertooky. after he had ipfent much time
andgreat, pains in acquainting himfelf with that of Lambeirgiuey
which he;at firft embraced with fo much eagernefir andj>addition
„that it was difficult.to,divorce him from ifej^ Till at.. J^ngt-h by
the Advertifements ofWiBiam Crabtree^ a SagajsiQus and Diligent
Aftrotiomerrat? that time,, he ,foujid>that jg|ither jthe 'Hppothefes
of Lansbergiusj were ^on.fiftent emong | tfiepfelye%,;OOf vhis Ta-
ble agreed with obferyations exactly mad£i; norffhCipree^pts of
them were well demonftrated, nor cou’d be, whafeverihati Man
beaded of his wonderful agreement, of hig Jkllbs^a withithe: observations
of former times ;, all which Er^o^heisl jpund :nat laft
by our Author himfelf,; and, withal the, Writ|ngs :o|gKeflp, f and
jthe Rudolph^ Tables,; by him feafcfihd into, j he; faw eat® *Vqpret
;fer them to the Lanshergian,: becaufe grounded upon {J^ypothefes
xonfonant to Nature, and well agreeing with ^he: Heavens,though
he found caufes,by his accurate obfervations, to;ameftd,J\iem£hefe
Tables, yet without^ i'nece^tyjgf changing -die Hyppfbefis, .in
which Work when, he was well engaged, cut qf-ffiy Death
.Very Young, in the.33th Year of his Age;His firft.pie§€gthen
•were'his Difputations :againfttfie Aftronqmy -of Lapsker^us^, in
which he clearly demonftrates that the Hypothefts of that Au-
thor do, neither agree .with theHeav’ns, nor among; fchemfelves,
which argument he carry’d on fo far, that having finifti’d the
four firftQhfervations fas they-ace here to be found) he had begun
a few ffieets of the fifth, which was abqqt | the Diagram of
Hipparchus, from which fome have pretended exactly - to demon-
ftrate the diftance of the Sun. After which, follow two, difputations
more, the one of the Coeleiftial Bodies,; and their; motions,
the other his Anfwerto the Cavils of Hortenjiws, agamft,Tyfjbo,Fo
much of the firft part of this Volume.
The
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iutimite :Kr%id^ #nd induft]#n^omp^dn
-in.whitjhf.odair«»»-
ma%Inótabl|'
J^fp§qffe$, xkOfljSeiliftgi the method ofhi§,ffbdigfe:..>0
- ^hird* ia#} f / & f i a f!A.ftrönpmic§lQbfetyadonsas."the.y
were n d e by pm^AUthor, f without allowanfe fof the Excentriek
ty -ofs^if^ye, -which he,afterwardsrQaftiga.téd by akCorreftion
fairly ^written with .hisiown handi -
1 fils ■HeWjTte§g¥.^f^he?h%bttKt^tfa^flbrhp
Lunar numbers of Mr. Kjm/fe/upon ifti É
y’oTis the; cutjsqus Mxpedmfcntt arH^bfesviittohs;
of ;:|%^fq;a^|h#iCóuJafty (éïTm^wl
cpp^ping fhF^rowtfi qf Tis^jytófiët $§q4 s*fqlltwl MThe firft
Qptii'fe-jpra.fc^Trk^ «4
bout i% Diameter ’ Mfr ^^rlteefiedirippé, liifh? an
Hatffietjt fMs^qGut^prettf, d&cp into the wood^fi^idps cutting!
of the Bark for about four] inches i a|p?k; whieh .ik was? oth
ferved. to,encreafeabave the faidj backing :yery; copidertbly jtjlnd
tafhoot in length of .Wood about one foot ^the- nekf year ifc'ente
creafed: confiderab|yi;; and (hot in length, aboutmine inches, but
thqthitd. Year it- died to the very Rópt. M
. ^UChi tfie likpypis* obferv^, in anotherp part ofr/wfibie; Barfc
was jBaybp, lower-, part ftood withonti
encre^Gng ,.
but . the upper part increased to rhefcjffikd. Y^ic whenitaied.
alfqfjr(i
Moft of the fglj0 5Ving Experiments) Wetë tryed on the Alfies^
or Scptch-Firr, and on the Black Poplar,with White Bark, auction
Hazel oprAfti*Trees.
^A; Scotch-Firr of three Yea^| growth^ having a Ring, of the.
Bark cut off of th$breadth of thrge inche§,;. neaxthë bottom of
of the ffem or ftalk , below the uppermoft knot^ or joint, was;.,
obferved; to grow and- (hoot out its Top about half a Yard.; and!
the parts all about the, filing to increafe very much in thicknefsj
much more than it5wou’d have done if the Seótion had not been.;
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