Newton, Isaac, Philosophia naturalis principia mathematica, 1713

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1lis (1/(4 7/8))AE,ſeu (1/39)AEquamproxime. A perpendiculo autem a
ſtella Aad rectam PEdemiſſo, diſtantia Cometæ erat 4/5PE.
LIBER
TERTIUS.
Die is, Feb.27. hor. 8 1/4 P.M. Cometæ in Qexiſtentis di­
ſtantia a ſtella Oæquabat diſtantiam ſtellarum O& H,& recta
QOproducta tranſibat inter ſtellas K& B.Poſitionem hujus
rectæ ob nubes intervenientes, magis accurate definire non potui.
Die tis, Mart1, hor. 11. P.M. Cometa in Rexiſtens, ſtellis
K& Caccurate interjacebat, & rectæ CRKpars CRpaulo
major erat quam 1/3CK,& paulo minor quam 1/3CK+1/8CR,
adeoque æqualis 1/3CK+(1/16)CRſeu (16/45)CK.
Die ii, Mart.2. hor. 8. P.M. Cometæ exiſtentis in S,di­
ſtantia a ſtella Cerat 4/9FCquamproxime. Diſtantia ſtellæ Fa
recta CSproducta erat (1/24)FC; & diſtantia ſtellæ Bab eadem recta,
erat quintuplo major quam diſtantia ſtellæ F.Item recta NS
producta tranſibat inter ſtellas H& I,quintuplo vel ſextuplo pro­
pior exiſtens ſtellæ Hquam ſtellæ I.
Die ni, Mart.5. hor. 11 1/2. P. M. Cometa exiſtente in T,
recta MTæqualis erat 1/2ML,& recta LTproducta tranſibat
inter B& F,quadruplo vel quintuplo propior Fquam B,au­
ferens a BFquintam vel ſextam ejus partem verſus F.Et MT
producta tranſibat extra ſpatium BFad partes ſtellæ B,quadru­
plo propior exiſtens ſtellæ Bquam ſtellæ F.Erat Mſtella pere­
xigua quæ per Teleſcopium videri vix potuit, & Lſtella major
quaſi magnitudinis octavæ.
Ex hujuſmodi obſervationibus per conſtructiones figurarum &
computationes (poſito quod ſtellarum A& Bdiſtantia eſſet
2gr. 6′. 46″, & ſtellæ Alongitudo 26gr. 41′. 50″ & latitudo
borealis 12gr. 8′ 1/2, ſtellæque Blongitudo 28gr. 40′. 24″ & lati­
tudo borealis 11gr. (17′ 9/10);) derivabam longitudines & latitudines
Cometæ.
Micrometro parum affabre conſtructo uſus ſum, ſed
longitudinum tamen & latitudinum errores (quatenus ab ob­
ſervationibus noſtris oriantur) dimidium minuti unius primi vix
ſuperant, præterquam in obſervatione ultima Mart.9. ubi poſi­
tiones ſtellarum minus accurate determinare potui. Caſſinusqui
aſcenſionem rectam Cometæ eodem tempore obſervavit, decli­
nationem ejus tanquam invariatam manentem parum diligenter
definivit.
Nam Cometa (juxta obſervationes noſtras) in fine

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