Endnote 53
Part II, §23, l. 3. The star A is shewn by the numbers
to be the Pole-star, and is obviously the one to be observed in order to
find the altitude of the Pole. What the star F is, is of no consequence.
The numbers used in other copies are different, and much less satisfactory.
That the star A is the I'ole-star or some star near the pole in this `conclusion'
is rendered probable also by the wording of the next `conclusion'; which
extends the working of it to the case of any other star, provided it be
a star that never sets.