Mercurius a Venere Sublatus Maii 17. 1737. Grenovici in Observatorio Regio Observatus, per J. Bevis, M. D.

March 5. Wind South. 6th, Wind West, then North. 9th, Wind South: All doughty Weather with small Frosts. To these Meteors I might add our Hurricanes, Storms of Thunder and Lightning, with Hail or Rain; but such as keep Journals of the Weather, and read the public News, are no Strangers to these: I shall only add, that our Northern Lights have been much seldomer, and fainter, both in Appearance and Motion, than formerly; and whether they will dwindle away and vanish wholly for some Years, or whether they have had their former periodic Returns, is not certain: Nor is it less dubious, whether they affect our Weather, Seasons, and Animal Bodies, or not. Were it not too tedious, I might here subjoin a List of all the Chasms or Burnings in the Heavens, recorded in our Annals. XV. Mercurius a Venere sublatus Maii 17. 1737. Grenovici in Observatorio Regio observatus, per J. Bevis, M.D. Horolog. Syder.—Horolog. Solare: | Time | Event | |------|-------| | 4.20.21 | Limbus Solis praecedens Merid. transit. | | 22.37 | Sequens limbus transit. | | 34.00 | 0.13.25 | | 35.00 | 0.14.25 | | 5.58.48 | Limbus praecedens Veneris meridian. transit. Centro a vertice distan. {25.46.30} {25.46.41} Mercurium | Horolog. Syder.—Horolog. Solare. curium vero intra tele- scopium nequaquam conspiciebam. 5. 58. 48.—9. 5. 5. Mercurii centrum praece- dentem Veneris lim- bum praebat 12''. tem- poris, in recta ascensione tubo 24 ped. micro- metro instructo. —9. 7. 16. Repet. eodem tempore quo prius praebat. —9. 28. o. Mercurio filum Micro- metri parallelum decur- rente, cuspis austrina Ve- neris ab eodem filo ab- scinditur unde Venerem obte- cturam Mercurium, vel sal- tem stricturam conjicie- bam: micrometrum itaque extrahebam, quo melius instantem con- tactum discernerem. 9. 44. o. Mercurius non plus distat a Venere quam decima parte diametri Veneris; deinde inimicæ nubes. 9. 52. 6. Venus nitori proprio resti- tuitur; Mercurius vero totus sub Venere latet. Nubes deinde Venerem rursus rursus excipiunt, ulteriorem tam rari phænomeni contemplationem prohibentes. J. Bevis. Maïi 18. Grenovici. Horol. Syder.—Horol. Solare. 4. 24. 25.— Limb. ⊙ præced. merid. transf. inferiori dist. a vertice 30. 4. 0. 26. 42.— Limb. sequens transit. 4. 38. 0.—0. 12. 50. 4. 39. 0.—0. 13. 50. 5. 57. 42.— Limb. præcedens ♀ transf. merid. centro a vertice distant. {25. 57. 15. {25. 57. 12. Mercurium neque hac die videre licuit, coelo licet admodum sereno. XVI. An Occultation of Aldebaran by the Moon, Dec. 12. 1738. p. m. observed in Fleetstreet with a reflecting Telescope of 15 Inches in Length, by Mr. G. Graham, F. R.S. The Occultation at 5h. 27′. 6″. Emerged at 5. 29. 59. Duration 1. 2. 53. The Sun’s Transit at Noon at 11h. 59′. 52″. the Clock gaining of the mean Solar Time about One Second in a Day. XVII. An