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For, as 32' 12"; is to 31' 16 1/2"; or as 19320, is to 18765; so is 365, to 354,5148.

3. And if, in the Region of the Moon, LH, or the mean Gravitation, or Fall of the Moon toward the Earth in 2 Minutes time be represented by 100,0000 Particles of any kind; as suppose by LH taken at discretion, or rather here by the Radius LT made of 100,0000 Parts Then at that aforesaid Distance of 354,5148 Parts from the Center of the Earth, the Gravitation toward the Earth will be represented by 10,01686 Particles of the same kind. 

4. For as 354,5148 Quad. is to 100,0000 Quad. so are 100,0000 Particles, or the mean Fall LH or LT of the Center of the Moon in 2 Minutes time, from her place toward the Center of the Earth, at the Distance 100,0000; to the mean Fall of a Satellite or of any heavy Body toward the Earth, which would happen in 2 Minutes time from the Distance 354,5148; which Fall by consequence would [[insertion]] ^ be [[/insertion]] of 7,956667 Particles.

5. But if a Globe equal in bigness to the Earth were composed of Solar Matter; then at that Distance of 354,5148 Parts, whereof LT contains 100, the Gravitation, or the Fall in 2 Minutes toward such a Globe, would be [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] 4 times less; and its Exponent would be of 1,989167 Particles, according to Sir [[underline]] Isaac Newton [[/underline]]. For he has proved in his own [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] way, or at least concluded, that the Density of the Sun is 4 times less than the Density of the Earth. See his 405th page. But I believe a very great [[strikethrough]] t [[/strikethrough]] Correction, or Amendment to this Assertion of his, may be expected from proper Observations, and even from my own Calculations.

6. Now whereas the apparent Diameter of the Sun is given; and his immutable Density is in

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Number in second line was transcribed on previous page as 354, 5/48.