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as in full day light. The emanations of this luminous body- 

 were lost in the air, instead of being extinguished in the ground ; 

 it left behind no smell, produced no explosion or noise of any 

 kind, not even that hissing made by artificial fire works. The 

 night in which this phenomenon occurred was calm, but very 

 cold, and the sky clear. A great number of shooting stars were 

 seen before and after the appearance of the meteor. Antologia, 

 Feb. 1825.-— (Edin. Phil. Journ.) 



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