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spheric refraction at occultation has been
surely recorded. The moon seems to be
dead.
The distance of the moon from the earth
is just now the subject of re-measurement.
The base line is from Greenwich to Cape of
Good Hope, and the new feature introduced
is the selection of a definite point on a crater
˜
(MAsting A), instead of the moon’s edge, as
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