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to LL, or inconsiderably bigger.  And therefore if we increase [[underline]]the Projection[[/underline]] made upon the Plane DP for a Solar Eclipse, so as to give [[underline]]to it[[/underline]] the same Semidiameter IX as we did chuse for the Projection for Eclipses of fixed Stars; we must increase [[underline]]in it[[/underline]] the Semidiameter of the Moon proportionally, by saying, as the Distance SD, is to DZ; so is the Distance SI, to IN; which will be the Semidiameter of the Moon, in the Projection for a Solar Eclipse.  So to the Lineaments of the Projection, they will be somewhat changed indeed: But that Change needs not be taken notice of, till a proper Occasion requires it.
12. Thus, in the two Projections of the Earth made upon the Plane IX, and having the Line IX for Radius, the Semidiameter of the Moon will be equal to LL for Eclipses of fixed Stars; But it will be equal to IN for Eclipses of the Sun.  And, As ST in Semidiameters of the Earth, Is to TF; So will be the Radius, To the Sine of the Angle TSX, or of the Parallax of the Sun in reference to the increased Globe of the Earth.
13. Let the Line TS cut the Line DP in V: And DV will represent, in the Projection DP, the true Semidiameter of the Sun apparent to the Point T; while the Semidiameter of the Moon apparent to the Point T is represented, in the same Projection, by the Line DZ.  Let the Line SV cut the Line XI in K: And IK will represent, in the Projection IX, the Semidiameter of the Sun apparent to the Point T; while IN
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