Part 3

Nevil Maskelyne, John Michell, William Ludlam, John Bird, Thomas Mudge, William Matthews, Larcum Kendall.]

Dr. HALLEY and Dr. BEVIS (as appeared to the Honourable House of Commons upon an Examination of the latter) did, with an excellent HADLEY's Quadrant, rectified by Mr. HADLEY himself, and in his presence, attempt to take the angular Distance of the Moon from ALDEBARAN, a Star of the first Magnitude; but with such bad Success (some of the Observations removing GREENWICH from itself almost as far as PARIS) that Dr. HALLEY seemed to be out of Hope of obtaining the Longitude by this Method.]

Transcriber's Notes: This ebook has been transcribed from the original print edition, published in 1767. Obvious printing errors have been corrected, while minor irregularities in the spelling have been retained. The table below lists all corrections applied to the original text.

p. 9: the Rest of the Summer -> The Rest p. 11: [added comma] his Integrity, Disinterestedness and Ability p. 13: a set of Observavations -> Observations Footnote 6: [added closing quotes] to two Degrees and a half of Longitude."