The Report Made to His Majesty by the Company of Parish-Clerks of London, of the Number of Christnings and Burials in the Years 1686 and 1687

tion, might think it an Invention not unworthy a Frenchman: And whereas Mr. De la Hire seems to conclude, that this Equation ceases in the Quadratures, and is greatest in the New and Full Moons; when he comes to the consideration of the Lunar Motions extra Syzygias, (which is here promised) he will find it no less requisite in the Quadratures than in Eclipses; several undoubted Observations shewing the Necessity thereof. Among the Precepts for the use of the Tables, there is a pretty Remark concerning Refractions, which this Author faith he hath often experienced, viz. That the Beams of the Stars being observed in a deep Valley to pass near the Brow of the Hill, are always more refracted than if there were no such Hill, or the Observations were made on the top thereof; as if the Rays of Light were bent downwards in a Curve, by passing near the Surface of the Mountain. The Report made to his Majesty by the Company of Parish-Clerks of London, of the Number of Christnings and Burials in the Years 1686 and 1687. Anno 1686. Christned Males 7575 Females 7119 In all 14694 Buried Males 11828 Females 10781 In all 22609 Anno 1687. Males 7737 Females 7214 In all 14951 Males 11174 Females 10286 In all 21460