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Distance betwixt the Centers of the Moon & of the Earth. But I am afraid that the Calculations which I have actually made concerning this Subject, would appear too long and too composed for the Readers of this Magazine.  And so I leave the few learned Astronomers, that are able to make the like Calculations, and who may differ as yet from [[strikethrough]] M [[/strikethrough]] me in determining the Distance of the Moon, to take the same Pains themselves, which they will find joined with no small Pleasure. In the mean while I reckon that the horizontal Refraction of the Rays of Light in the Moon's Atmosphere may be supposed of 1'6" whose double is 2' 12". 
16. The Readers may perhaps be amazed that I should say here, That [[underlined]] Jupiter [[/underlined]] appeared actually eclipsed by the Moon, on [[underlined]] November [[/underlined]] the 18th at [[underlined]] Worcester [[/underlined]] or in the Neighbourhood. For Mr [[underlined]] John Dougharty [[/underlined]] Junior observed ^ [[insertion]] it [[/insertion]] at the [[strikethrough]] same [[/strikethrough]] Place called [[underlined]] The Old House Farm [[/underlined]], in y [superscript]] e [[/superscript]] Parish of [[underlined]] Norton, [[/underlined]] at about three measured Miles South East from [[underlined]] Worcester [[/underlined]]; and that with a Glass of about four Feet two Inches, having three convex Ocular glasses. He and his Father place, by their Observations, [[underlined]] Worcester [[/underlined]] at 52° 20' Latitude; and 9 Minutes West Longitude from [[underlined]] London [[/underlined]]. By the Observation made at the [[underlined]] Old House Farm, [[/underlined]] the Immersion was at 7 Hours 17 Minutes apparent Time, measured by a Watch; and the Emersion at 7 Hours 30 Minutes. And the total Occultation lasted 13 Minutes. This agrees with my own Observations, and agrees pretty well with the Place (in Mr [[underlined]] Dougharty's [[/underlined]] Scheme) where he saw the Beginning of the Emersion upon the Limb of the Moon: For

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edited mainly for [[/superscript]] and insertion tags. -megshu