[766] Because closely similar to that proposed by him in Phil. Trans. for 1716.

[767] Month. Not., vol. xxxviii., p. 447.

[768] Ibid., p. 11.

[769] Ibid., p. 294.

[770] Ibid., p. 334.

[771] Comptes Rendus, t. xcii., p. 812.

[772] Observatory, vol. v., p. 205.

[773] Transits of Venus, p. 89 (1st ed.).

[774] Am. Jour. of Sc., vol. xx., p. 393.

[775] Month. Not., vol. xvii., p. 219.