Excerpt from Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vol. 1: From January 1st, 1769, to January 1st, 1771 Whether a Telefcope of larger powers than 'what made ufe of, might not have fooner fhewn this firll fhadowy. Impre ion (that preceeded the dil'tine't black contact) lwill. Not take upon me to determine; though, from the time given by Mr. Ritlenkoufi, I think it would. But this I can be fure of, that I faw the firf't {troke of it perceptible through my Te lefcope, having that part of the Sun's limb in full and {leady vie\v5 and I might have noted the time to a fingle fecond, if: I had expected it in that way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."