Note 3 — REMARKS, ON A PAMPHLET, &c.

It may not be amiss to take Notice here of an Objection that was raised by two of the Commissioners, both famous for their Knowledge in Astronomy; viz. That the Observations of equal Altitudes made at Portsmouth, could not be depended on, because the equal Altitude Instrument had been removed from the Place of Observation in the Morning, to another Place to make the Afternoon Observations; from which it is plain that these great Astronomers did not understand either the Principles or Use of one of the most simple Instruments in Astronomy.