184 Observations on two late Meteors. 
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Arr. XVII.—Observations on two late Meteors seen ai 
New-Haven. By ALEexanpER C. Twinine, Civil En- 
gineer, &c. 
[Comraunicated to the Co ne cticut Academy.] 
_ Ear y in the evening of Mare st, a brilliant ball of 
was seen at this City, piseing ti in a w Mme direction, 
and at a considerable height above the horizo 
followed on Saturday evening, (April Ist) by a second, 
which passed more to the south. The first passage took 
place at half past seven o’clock, and was seen by numbers. 
‘The second was at nine, or a fe w minutes earlier. It at- 
tracted less notice than the first, but was described by an 
observer as commencing near a point lying N. 30° E., and 
in altitude 60°, continuing till it reached the zenith, where it 
es tv al ‘After its disappearance, there was left a In- 
us track through the whole course, which remained for 
shinee minute. In about two minutes a sound was heard 
which was taken by the observer for thunder; but no cloud 
appeared. The same thing was witnessed by a gentleman 
at Arlington, 18 miles north of Bennington, in the State of 
Vermont, who gives the following statement of the circum- 
stances: ‘‘ He was riding towards the west, when a sudden 
ance of the meteo From ee Sheprchdiona it saouial seem 
that the height, e i time of the meteor’s vanishing, was at 
least 60 miles ; since a distance of 110 miles to the north 
depressed its altitude 60°. Conclusions, however, are un- 
certain which, in cases of this kind, rest on the e impressions of 
but two or three j individuals ; but as the first observation was 
made under circumstances which ensure a nearness to the 
truth, and as the other was made by one who judges with 
correctness of astronomical distances, the sage conjectured 
be considered an approximation to the 
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