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applied, we may safely conclude that the greatest Obliquity of the Ecliptick in [[underline]]Tycho's[[/underline]] Time, did not exceed what Mr. [[underline]Flam[[/underline]]stead found it to be near 100 years afterwards; and as for the Time elapsed since Mr [[underline]] Flamstead [[/underline]]began to observe, the annual Observations at [[underline]]Leek[[/underline]] are a sufficient Proof that it has been I [[insertion]]n [[\insertion]]variable since. The only remaining Difficulty is that of [[underline]]Maraldi[[/underline]], who in the [[underline]]Connaissance de Temps[[/underline]] has reduced the Obliquity to 23° 20' 20", and this can be accounted for no other Way, if his Observations are equally accurate, than by [[insertion]] his [[\insertion]] allowing a greater Refraction than Mr [[underline]]Flamstead[[/underline]], as the two [[underline]]Cassini's[[/underline]], Father and Son, did before him. And as for the Latitude of [[underline]]London[[/underline]], the Alteration I have made, is built upon such a rational Foundation, that no one will call it in Question who has a sincere Regard for the Discovery of Truth. And indeed I have often wonder'd that so important an Enquiry has never been determined with greater Accuracy before now: Nay, what is more in a Nation wherein so many are qualified for Enquiries of this sort, there are not five Places in [[underline]]England[[/underline]], determin'd to so great a Degree of Certainty, as is requisite in Cafes of this Nature. Nor can the Authors of the latest County- Surveys be acquitted of this Charge; since, however exact their Measuring may be, as to Latitude, they are all inconsistent with each other. And certainly there cannot be a greater Reproach to this Nation, considering how diligent our Neighbours y [[superscript]] e [[\superscript]] [[underline]]French[[/underline]] are in correcting all Errors of this Kind, [[end page]]