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though he takes notice of two that were seen in
the Bosphorus from morning till evening and [?]
has related the times when such phenomenon
were observed at Rome, Gassendi says that 1635
1636 he often saw one mock sun, two were observed
by Mon De la Hire in 1789 and the same number
by Cassini in 1693, Mr. Grey in 1700 and one by
Halley in 1702. But the most celebrated appearance
of this kind was seen at Rome by Scheiner
by Muschenbrock at Utrech and by Hevelius
at Sedan. By the two former four mock suns were
observed, and by the latter seven.

Paraselena, or mock moons have been
seen accompanied with tails and coloured circles
like those that accompany the pashellia, an
account of several and a particular description
of a fine appearance of this kind may be seen in
Muschenbrock - The Roman phenomenon observed
by Scheiner is famous on account of its having
been the first appearance of the kind that engages
the attention of Philosophers.

Various hypotheses have been framed by
Philosophers to account for this phenomenon
particularly by M Marlotte Descartes and
Huygens - Now of them [strikethrough] have [/strikethrough] however are satisfactory,
but readers who wish to become acquainted
with them may consult Huygens dissertation on
this subject in Smiths Optics Book II. chap II
and Dr. Faistley's History of Vision.