and _Minium_. A Relation of the
Raining of Ashes. An Extract of a Letter from _Rome_, rectifying the
Relation of _Salamanders_ living in Fire. An Account of several
Engagements for _Observing of Tydes_. Some Suggestions for Remedies
against Cold. A Relation of an uncommon accident in two Aged Persons.
An Account of Two Books, _I. ISMAELIS BULLIALDI ad Astronomos Monita
duo: Primum, de Stella Nova, in _Collo Ceti_ ante aliquot annos visa.
Alterum, de Nebulosa Stella in _Andromedae_ Cinguli parte _Borea_, ante
biennium iterum orta. II. ENTRETIENS sur les vies & sur les Ouvrages
des plus excellens Peintres, antients & modernes, par M. FELIBIEN_._

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_Monsieur _Hevelius_'s Calculation of the late _Solar Eclipse's_ Quantity,
Duration, &c._

This _Calculus_ was not long since communicated by Monsieur _Hevelius_ in a
Letter to the _Publisher_, as follows, {370}

_Eclipsis Solaris._

_Observata An. 1666. D. 2. Julii, St. N. Mane, a Johanne Hevelio._

----+-----------------+-----------+----------+--------+--------+----
Ordo| |Temp aestin | |Altitude| |
Pha-|Quantitas |sec. horol |Temp. sec.| [Sun] |Tempus |
sium|Phasium |ambulat. |Sciother. | |correct.|Anim.
----+-----------------+-----------+----------+--------+--------+----
| |H. ' " |H. ' " | deg.. ' |H. ' " |
| |5.51.11 |5.51. 0 |17.45 |5.53.12 | 1.
| |5.57. 5 |5.57. 0 |18.37 |5.59.28 |
| |6. 0. 0 |6. 0. 0 |18.55 |6. 1.28 |
----+-----------------+-----------+----------+--------+--------+----
|Initium |6.55.30 | | |6.57.30 | 2.
1 |0-3/8 dig. |6.57.30 | | |5.59.30 |
2 |0-3/4 |7. 0.23 |7. 0. 0 | |7. 2.23 |
3 |1-1/8 |7. 2.30 |7. 2. 0 | |7. 4.30 |
----+-----------------+-----------+----------+--------+--------+----
4 |1-1/2 dig. |7. 4.50 |7. 5 fere.| |7. 6.50 |
5 |1-3/8 fere. |7.10.57 |7.10 | |7.12.57 |
6 |3-3/8 |7.14.59 |7.15 | |7.16.59 |
7 |3-3/4 |7.17.50 |7.18 fere.| |7.19.50 |
----+-----------------+-----------+----------+--------+--------+----
8 |4-3/8 dig. |7.21.35 |7.21