84 METEOROLOGICAL 



Some individuals describe this meteor as hav- 

 ing a diameter equal to that of the sun or moon, 

 but they must have greatly overrated its apparent 

 size, misled, in all probability, by the extreme 

 brilliancy of its light ; for a very intelligent lady 

 of my acquaintance, who saw it at Manchester, 

 informs me, that it appeared to her somewhat 

 larger than the planet venus when at its greatest 

 elongation. 



Observers at York, and to the north of that 

 city, state, that the direction in which the meteor 

 moved was south-easterly ; while those at Man- 

 chester, and to the south of that town, remark 

 that it was north-easterly. 



This difference of opinion was occasioned, no 

 doubt, by mere optical illusion ; due allowance 

 for which being made, it is very probable that 

 the true path of the meteor was nearly from 

 west to east, and that it was vertical somewhere 

 between York and Manchester. 



Though these observations do not supply data 

 from which the exact height and magnitude of 

 this meteor may be determined, yet they clearly 

 estabhsh the fact, that its true altitude and size 

 must have been very considerable ; and taken 

 in conjunction with former observations upon 



