THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



AUGUST, 1835. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. On certain recent Meteoric Phenomena, Vicissitudes in 

 the Seasons, prevalent Disorders, fyc, contemporaneous, and in 

 supposed connection, with Volcanic Emanations, No. 7. By the 

 Rev. W. B. Clarke, A.M. F.G.S. &c. 



" Quid sit, unde sit, quare sit quod ipsum explorare et eruere sine 



universitatis inquisitione non possumus, cum ita cohserentia, connexa, 

 concatenata sint." — M. Minutius Felix, xvii. 



As the occurrence of meteors on November 12 — 13., dur- 

 ing the last four years, has engaged much notice, and caused 

 on my part considerable discussion in this series of papers, I 

 think it but fair to the defenders of the hypothesis which I 

 have opposed, to myself, and to those who have read what 

 I have advanced upon the subject, to devote this paper to a 

 consideration of the statements which have been lately made 

 respecting the last appearance of the phenomenon in the 

 United States. 



The American Journal for January, 1835 (vol. xxvii. No. 2.), 

 recently received, contains three papers on the subject of the 

 meteors and the zodiacal light. 



1. The first (art. xx. p. 335.) details " Meteoric Observa- 

 tions made on and about the 13th of November, 1834-, by A.D. 

 Bache, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in the 

 University of Pennsylvania." 



Mr. Bache states that, in consequence of a suggestion by 

 Prof. Olmsted, he observed the sky from November 5th to 19th, 

 the number and duration of observations being increased on 

 13th, a. m. "The conclusions to which my observations 

 have led," (these are his words) " and in which I feel entire 

 confidence, are, that, at the city of Philadelphia, there occurred, 

 on the 13th November, 1834, no remarkable display of met eon 



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