318 Notice of several Meteors. 
about equal to a third part of the moon’s. Taking this 
yarent diameter and the distance of twenty miles we shall 
make the body more than one hundred yards in diameter. 
My estimate of its elevation above the earth is obtained by 
comparing the observations made by various persons in dif- 
ferent positions. bes . 
“he course of this meteor compares very well with that 
which passed over Connecticut in 1807. May it not be 
the same?* [I now suppose it to revolve round the earth. 
If it be the same, it is a little extraordinary that it should 
pass so-near to the former meridian. But perhaps it has 
made several revolutions since that period.” 
Meteor of March 9, 1822. 
As the only sources of information within our reach, we 
were laying by the newspapers, containing the accounts of 
this meteor, when we observed with pleasure, that Theo- 
dore Dwight, Esq. Editor of the New-York Daily Adverti- 
ser, had collected the most interesting of these accounts in- 
to one view, of which we gladly avail ourselves on the pres- 
ent occasion, as the facts are worthy of being preserved, and 
it is only by accumulating well authenticated facts of this 
kind, that we can hope to solve the phenomena of Meteors. 
The Meteor. 
The late meteor was seen in this city sometime after 16 
o’clock ; its direction being from southwest to northeast. 
It appeared to many persons as large as the moon, emitting 
a brilliant light, which lasted but a few seconds. 
It appears from a statement in the Troy Post, that it 
was seen by a number of gentlemen in that city. One of 
them, accustomed to astronomical observations, states, that 
when he saw it first, it was at the altitude of 46 degrees, 
Its size, as conjectured by Mr. Turney, is much less than the estimated 
size of that meteor.—Fd. 
