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TY (for he makes no Difference) that is, to the mean Gravitation of the Moon (or of the Earth) toward the Sun: As the Radius LT; To 8.6228760.
  5. But LT, taken for the mean Distance betwixt the Centers of the Moon and of the Earth, cannot be less than of 64 Semidiameters of the Earth, for the Reasons given in the Magazine for July, p. 414, N[[superscript]] o [[/superscript]] 20. However, lest the Followers of Sir [[underlined]] Isaac Newton [[/underlined]] should complain, and to render the Calculation easier, let us take LT as it would be, if the Distance LT was but of 60 Semidiameters of the Earth. Wherefore the mean Fall of heavy Bodies near the Surface of the Earth being of 60,447 [[underlined]] Paris [[/underlined]], Feet in 2" Seconds Time; The Fall LH of the Moon at 60 Semidiameters Dista[[insertion]] ^ n [[/insertion]]ce, would be found to be then also of 60,447. Feet in 2' Minutes Time.
  6. But As LT or the Radius, Is to TF or TY, or to 8.6228760: So is LH, that is, So are 60,447 Feet; To HI, or to the Fall (of y[[superscript]] e [[/superscript]] Moon, or of the Earth, or of the common Center of Gravity G) toward the Sun in 2' Minutes Time in [[underlined]] Paris [[/underlined]] Feet. Which HI comes forth equal to 2,53659 Feet: A Number which errs rather by being too great than too small.
  7. And therefore, by the known Laws of the Decrease of Gravity, As the Square of one Semidiameter of the Sun; Is to 4.6588992, or to the Square of 213,525393 Semidiameters of the Sun: So is y[[superscript]] e [[/superscript]] Fall HI of 2,53659 Feet in 2' Minutes Time toward the Sun, at the Distance SL or ST of 213,5 &c, Semidiameters; To the Fall of 5,0631499 or of 1156[[image - upward pointing arrow]]1 Feet in y[[superscript]] e [[/superscript]] Surface of the Sun in 2 Minutes Time.
  8. But the mean Fall of Bodies near the Surface of the Earth 2' Minutes Time is of 60x60x60, 447 Feet; y[[superscript]] t [[/superscript]] is, of 217609,2 Feet, whose Logarithm is 5.3376772.
  9. And by consequence, As 5.0631499, is to 5.3376772: Or as 5.000 &c. is to 5.2745273 in Logarithms; that is, As 10000, is to 18816: So is the Gravitation in the Surface of the Sun; To the Gravitation

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Is upward pointing arrow really an insertion mark (with no insertion) and a comma (really a decimal point), i.e. 1156,1? and one capital G (those are tricky) --megshu